>>> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE AND
WELCOME BACK, THIS IS NOVEMBER
1, I'M SALLY BAGSHAW, CHAIRING
THIS BUDGET COMMITTEE, THANK
YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES ALL THE
COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE,
COUNCILMEMBER DEBORAH JUAREZ,
M. LORENA GONZALEZ, LISA
HERBOLD, AND ABEL PACHECO,
THANK YOU AUDIENCE FOR BEING
HERE AND CAN I ASK YOU TO OPEN
THE DOORS AGAIN?
THIS MORNING WE COVERED A LOT
OF GROUND AROUND HOUSING
SERVICES AND THIS AFTERNOON WE
ARE GOING TO START WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,
MY STRETCH GOAL IS FOR US TO BE
DONE AND HAVE OPPORTUNITY FOR
PUBLIC COMMENT AND BE OUT OF
HERE BEFORE DARK.
SO, COUNSEL CENTRAL STAFF THANK
YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR HARD WORK
AND LISA DO YOU WANT TO START
WITH INTRODUCTIONS?
>>> I'M LISA K COUNSEL CENTRAL
STAFF.
>>> CALVIN --
>>> --
>>> EXCELLENT WE ARE ON
ITEM 39 AND THE FIRST ONE IS
$450,000 FOR SCHOOL SAFETY,
TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN
IMPROVEMENT FUND AND I ASSUME
CALVIN THAT YOU ARE GOING TO
FRAME IT FOR US?
>>> I'LL BE WALKING US THROUGH
THESE, ITEM 39 IS SPONCIL BY
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN, IT HAS
ABOUT HUNDRED 50,000 FOR AN
ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION
QUARTER AT SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS, FUNDED FROM THE SCHOOL
SAFETY TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN
IMPROVEMENT FUND AND IT IS
INTENDED TO BE FUNDED FOR FIVE
YEARS.
>>> COUNSEL AMBER O'BRIEN?
>> YOU SHOULD HAVE A NUMBER OF
PINK SHEETS IN FRONT OF YOU,
DIRECTED TO ONE FROM THE
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FROM THE
SUPERINTENDENT, AND IT STATES
THEIR SUPPORT FOR THIS POSITION,
THERE IS ALSO AN ATTACHED LETTER
FROM THE CITY'S SCHOOL TRAFFIC
SAFETY COMMITTEE ALSO
SUPPORTING THIS, WE ARE DOING
THIS AT THEIR DIRECTION, THIS
DOES NOT TAKE GENERAL FUND
MONEY BUT ALLOCATES EXISTING
SCHOOL SAFETY FUNDS, DEDICATED
TO THIS POSITION.
TYPICALLY WE ARE MAKING
CROSSWALKS, SIDEWALKS, RAMP
IMPROVEMENTS WITH THIS MONEY,
BUT THERE IS A PERSON IN THE
SCHOOLS THAT CAN WORK WITH THE
SCHOOLS TO GET KIDS THROUGHOUT
THE ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT
FEELING SAFE AND COMFORTABLE
WALKING AND BIKING TO SCHOOL,
THAT WOULD BE A GREAT WIN AND
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE.
THERE ARE SOME SCHOOLS IN THE
CITY WHO HAVE ACTIVE VOLUNTEER
PARENTS OR TEACHERS THAT
ORGANIZE GROUP WALKS OR WALKING
TO SCHOOL BUSES, BIKES TO
SCHOOL DAY, BUT THOSE VOLUNTEER
INVESTMENTS DO NOT FALL EQUALLY
ACROSS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT,
THERE ARE LOTS OF SCHOOLS WHERE
THERE SIMPLY AREN'T PARENTAL
RESOURCES TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
BY HAVING A POSITION AT THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT TO FOCUS ON
THIS AND FRANKLY FOCUS ON
FILLING IN THE GAPS TO THE
SCHOOLS THAT DON'T HAVE ACCESS
TO IT IT CAN ADDRESS BOTH AND
IN EQUITY REALITY THAT A LOT OF
KIDS FACE AND HELP WITH THE
KIDS HEALTH AND HELP WITH OUR
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, TOO.
>>> COMMENTS?
>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN I SUPPORT
THIS AND I'M WONDERING ABOUT
THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT ONE POSITION AND
I WOULD ASSUME IT IS AN
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION AND NOT
A HIGH-LEVEL OR SENIOR TEACHER,
480 DAYS OF SCHOOL DO
WE NEED TO HUNDRED $50,000?
>> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION, I
DO NOT HAVE THE DETAILS IN
FRONT OF ME SO WHY DON'T, CALL
AND YOU HAVE MORE DETAILS?
>> THERE MAY BE INCIDENTAL
EXPENSES THAT WERE ASSUMED FOR
PROGRAM COST AND THAT TYPE OF
THING IN THIS AS WELL, I DON'T
KNOW THAT WE HAVE A SPECIFIC
SESSION TITLE THAT IS ATTACHED
TO THIS YET.
>> MY QUESTION IS, IF WE WERE
TO SCALE THIS DOWN AND SAY
FIRST YEAR WE WANT TO TRY IT
AND GET IT STARTED FOR THE
SCHOOL YEAR, NEXT YEAR, SO
WHATEVER LEAD UP TIME YOU NEED
BEFORE SEPTEMBER, I WOULD LIKE
TO KNOW WHAT THEY NEED, HOW
MUCH MONEY WOULD BE USABLE TO
THEM AND NOT JUST SAY WE DON'T
HAVE ENOUGH SO WERE NOT GOING
TO DO
IT.
>> THE ONE THING I WOULD SAY IS
THIS ISN'T GENERAL FUND MONEY,
IT IS MONEY ALREADY IN SCHOOL
SAFETY, DEDICATED THEREBY STATE
BOND SO MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE
TO DEFER TO THE SCHOOL TRAFFIC
SAFETY BOARD AND HAVE THEM, IF
THE IDEA IS TO MAKE SURE WE
WANT TO GET REFLECTIVE VESTS
FOR CERTAIN TIMES OF YEAR OR BY
BIKE HELMETS OR WHATEVER THAT
IS, BUT I CAN LOOK INTO THIS,
IF WE MOVE IT DOWN TO 130, THAT
WOULD LEAVE MONEY AND ANOTHER
SCHOOL SAFETY POT BUT THIS HAS
BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A PRIORITY
AND IT WON'T HELP OUT THE
GENERAL FUND.
>> THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD
THEIR NAMES AS A COSPONSOR
RAISE YOUR HAND?
ALL RIGHT THANK YOU.
NEXT ITEM IS 40, $1 MILLION FOR
APPROPRIATION OF MAINTENANCE BY
SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE.
>> THIS IS ALSO SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN AND WOULD
ADD TO THE MAINTENANCE
OPERATIONS, THIS BSL PROVIDES
THE APPROPRIATIONS TO MAINTAIN
STREETS AND SIDEWALKS AND RIGHT-
OF-WAY, IT CONTAINS ALMOST $39
MILLION IN 2020, THIS PROVISO
WOULD RESTRICT 1 MILLION OF
THAT FUNDING JUST TO MAINTAIN
BIKE LANES AND BIKE TRAILS.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN.
>> THIS IS COMING FROM AS DOTS
EXISTING BUDGET WHICH IS OF THE
$38 MILLION THAT THE USE FOR
MAINTENANCE, 1 MILLION WOULD GO
TO BIKE LANE INFRASTRUCTURE.
WHAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE PAST
NUMBER OF YEARS IS WE NEED TO
BUILD OUT MORE ROBUST BICYCLE
INFRASTRUCTURE SPECIFICALLY
PROTECTED BIKE LANES, PAINT
POSTS AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS
NEED MAINTENANCE AND UP TO THIS
POINT THERE HASN'T BEEN A
DEDICATED STREAM OF FUNDS FOR
THAT, SOME OF THESE FACILITIES,
IT DOESN'T TAKE TOO LONG BEFORE
PEOPLE
START KNOCKING OVER THE POSTS
AND THEY NEED REPLACED, SO WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE IS A
FUNDING SOURCE TO GO AHEAD AND
ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS.
>> THANK YOU.
OTHER COMMENTS?
>> I SUPPORT THIS AND
PARTICULARLY THE POTHOLES ON
WESTERN BIKE LANES, THEY ARE
TEETH CHATTERING.
THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD
NMES TO THIS AS COSPONSORS
RAISE YOUR HANDS?
THANK YOU.
ITEM 41?
>> ITEM 41 WOULD AT 750,000 TO
IMPLEMENT AS DOTS
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY AGENDA,
AND 2018, -- TO ESTABLISH AN
EQUITY WORKGROUP AND
DISESTABLISH AN AGENDA, THIS
WORK WOULD NECESSARILY END IN
SPRING 2020 AND THE PROPOSAL
PROVIDES RESOURCES FOR
IMPLEMENT IN THOSE
RECOMMENDATIONS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN?
>> COLLEAGUES I DIRECT YOUR
ATTENTION TO ANOTHER OF THE
PINK SHEETS IN FRONT OF YOU,
THIS HAS BELOW MY NAME, S DOT
301, IT'S A LETTER TO THE CITY
COUNCIL FROM THE TRANSPORTATION
EQUITY WORK GROUP.
IT IS A PAGE AND A HALF SO I
DON'T EXPECT YOU TO READ IT
RIGHT NOW BUT THIS WORKGROUP IS
DOING SOME GREAT WORK, IN AN
IDEAL WORLD THEY WOULD HAVE
STARTED EARLIER THIS YEAR AND
HAVE BEEN COMPLETED IN TIME FOR
THE BUDGET SO WE COULD ACTUALLY
AS PART OF OUR BUDGET
ANTICIPATE RECOMMENDATIONS, OR
CONTEMPLATING RECOMMENDATIONS
THAT THEY MADE BUT LIKE SOME OF
THE PROCESSES OF THE CITY THIS
STARTED LATER THAN EXPECTED, SO
THEY AREN'T EXPECTED TO DELIVER
THEIR SET OF REPORTS UNTIL THE
SPRING.
THIS FUNDING, IN THE CURRENT
BUDGET, THE POSITION THAT IS
OVERSEEING THE WORK GROUP WOULD
SUNSET IN THE SPRING AND THE
WORKGROUP WOULD END AND THEY
WOULD HAVE A SET OF
RECOMMENDATIONS WITH NO ONE
THERE TO ADVOCATE FOR IT AND
THERE IS NO SPECIFIC DEDICATED
POOL OF MONEY TO IMPLEMENT FAT,
THERE ARE A LIST OF ITEMS ON
THIS PINK SHEET IN FRONT OF YOU
INCLUDING THINGS THAT MAY COME
OUT AS SUGGESTIONS OF THE
WORKGROUP SUCH AS A LESS
PUNITIVE APPROACH TO --, MORE
OUTREACH AND -- CREATING STRONG
CITY PARTNERSHIPS WHERE --
DEVELOP A TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN
TRANSMIT TRANSIT INFORMATION
INTO MULTIPLE LANGUAGE FOR NON-
ENGLISH SPEAKERS, SO THERE IS A
NUMBER OF BULLETS THAT THIS
GROUP HAS BEEN DISCUSSING AND
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT
THAT WORK GROUP COMES OUT WITH
THE SPRING.
THIS FUNDING WOULD ALLOW THE
ONGOING RETENTION OF THE STAFF
MEMBER WHO OVERSEES THE EQUITY
WORKGROUP AND ALLOW SOME FUNDS
TO HOPEFULLY IMPLEMENT SOME OF
THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND NOT
HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT YEAR'S
BUDGET.
>>> THANK YOU.
COMMENTS?
WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD YOUR NAME
AS A COSPONSOR, RAISE YOUR HAND?
VERY GOOD.
I WANT TO
MOVE ON TO ITEM 42, REDIRECT
2.5 MILLION TO THE MERCER BLOCK
PROCEEDS TO THE MASTER PLAN.
>> THIS IS ALSO SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN AND WOULD
REDIRECT 2.5 MILLION OF THE
MERCER MAKEABLE PROCEEDS TO THE
PROTECTED BIKE LANES PROJECT
FOR A TOTAL OF 10.85 MILLION,
IT WOULD ALSO ADD A PROVISO
RESTRICTING THE USE OF THESE
FUNDS FOR THREE IDENTIFIED
úBICYCLE FACILITIES THAT SERVE
SOUTH SEATTLE INCLUDING MLK
JUNIOR WAY, INCLUDING MLK
JUNIOR WAY, BEACON AVENUE, --
AND THE GEORGETOWN TO -- AND
THIS WOULD ALSO DACE THAT WAS A
PROPOSED USE OF SOME OF THESE
FUNDS FROM 9.2 MILLION TO 6.7
MILLION.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
O'BRIEN.
>> SO THIS WOULD REDIRECT SOME
OF THE TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS
THAT CURRENTLY ARE OF THE
MERCER MAKE A LOT DOLLARS
CURRENTLY SLATED FOR
TRANSPORTATION, TWO AND A HALF-
MILLION AWAY FROM THE RESERVE
FUND FOR COMMERCIAL PARKING
TAX, POTENTIAL SHORTFALLS TO
MORE ROBUST FUNDING FOR THE
BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE GOAL HERE AND THE
RESOLUTION WE PASSED EARLIER
THIS YEAR, WE CALLED ON S DOT
BY THE END OF THE
TRANSPORTATION LEVIED, TO FULLY
BUILD OUT AT LEAST ONE
CONNECTED PROTECTED BIKE ROUTE
IN SEATTLE, S DOT
HAS THREE PROJECTS ON THAT LIST
AND ONE IS THE GEORGETOWN TO
SOUTHPORT CONNECTION WHICH I
WOULD SAY IS A GREAT PROJECT
THAT I HOPE CAN BE FUNDED BUT
IS NOT A COMPLETE CONNECTION TO
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE.
THE OTHER 2 ARE BEACON AVE.
AND MARTIN LUTHER KING, BEACON
AVENUE IS BROKEN INTO THREE
SEGMENTS AND WITH THE EXISTING
FUNDING OF 8 MILLION THE ONLY
CONNECTED PROJECTS THAT COULD
BE PULLED OFF IS ESSENTIALLY
THE THREE SEGMENTS OF BEACON
AVENUE, THAT WOULD NOT LEAVE
ENOUGH FUNDING FOR SOUTH PARK
TO GEORGETOWN OR ANYTHING ON
MARTIN LUTHER KING.
WITH THE $10 MILLION THEY COULD
EITHER DO MARTIN LUTHER KING OR
THE COMBINATION OF THE THREE
BEACON PHASES AND THE SOUTH PARK
TO GEORGETOWN PHASES OF THE
ADDITIONAL $2 MILLION
ESSENTIALLY GIVES THE
DEPARTMENT MORE FLEXIBILITY TO
FIGURE OUT WHICH OF THE
PROJECTS THEY WANTED HOPEFULLY
DO A LITTLE MORE.
>> THANK YOU.
COMMENTS?
COUNCILMEMBER --
>> I STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS
EFFORT TO GET FUNDING FOR THESE
BIKE PROJECTS, IN PARTICULAR
THE SOUTH PARK TO GEORGETOWN
PROJECT, I DO HAVE SOME
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THE
IMPACTS ARE OF REDIRECTING
THESE FUNDS, CALVIN YOU
EXPLAINED THAT THEY WERE IN THE
MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET PROGRAM
FOR A COMMERCIAL PARKING TAX
RESERVE, I THINK I UNDERSTAND
THAT TO MEAN THERE IS AN
ANTICIPATION, OR I THINK WE
ACTUALLY KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT
GETTING AS MUCH COMMERCIAL
PARKING TAX REVENUE AS WE
EXPECT AND SO, BY FILLING THOSE
REVENUES THE MAYORS PROPOSED
BUDGET INTENDED TO DO WHAT?
I IMAGINE THE REVENUES WERE
SUPPOSED TO BE FOR SOMETHING.
>> THE COMMERCIAL PARKING TAX
IS
COMING IN ABOUT 2.7 MILLION
BELOW EXPECTATION THIS YEAR AND
IS EXPECTED TO COME IN ABOUT
3.3 AND A BIT MORE NEXT YEAR,
SO THIS RESOURCE WAS INTENDED
TO SORT OF BACKFILL FOR THOSE
NEW PROJECTIONS AND SAVE A
LITTLE BIT MORE IN CASE THERE
IS CONTINUED UNDER COLLECTION OR
LOWER COLLECTIVE REVENUES IN
2021.
SO IT IS HEDGING AGAINST THE
FUTURE REVENUES THAT MIGHT COME
IN WITH COMMERCIAL PARKING TAX,
I CAN SAY THAT THERE IS ABOUT 6
MILLION THAT WOULD COVER 2019
IN 2020 AND THEN BEYOND THAT IT
WOULD BE FUTURE REVENUES.
>> SO BUT WE ARE NOT, WE'RE NOT
JUST, THE MAYOR ISN'T PROPOSING
TO JUST BACKFILL FOR THE SAKE
OF BACKFILLING, THERE IS AN
ANTICIPATED USE OF THOSE FUNDS.
>> ISN'T DIRECTLY TIED TO A
SPECIFIC ITEM, IT DOES FUND THE
REGULAR WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT
BUT IT HAS SORT OF A LONGER-
TERM, AT THIS LEVEL IT IS
REALLY AFFECTING WHAT THEIR
LONG-TERM FINANCIAL PLAN LOOKS
LIKE.
SO IT PUTS THEM, IT MEANS THAT
IN 2021 THEY HAVE LESS CUSHION
FOR WHEN THEY BRING THAT BUDGET
FORWARD.
>> OKAY THANK YOU.
>> OTHER COMMENTS?
THOSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADD
THEIR NAME TO THIS,
>> SORRY, ITEM 43 .
>> SORRY,
THAT'S MY FAULT I WAS READING
AHEAD FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
ITEM 43, RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO ADD YOUR NAME AS
A COSPONSOR.
>> THIS IS 42.
>> WE ARE AT 2.5 MILLION,
SORRY.
I THINK WE'VE GOT IT NOW.
GOOD.
THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT SO THE NEXT ONE IS
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO
AND THE PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLAN
.
>> ITEM 43 WOULD ADD $200,000
FOR CAUSING A SAFETY
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE VICINITY OF
NE.
45th ST. AND INTERSTATE
5, THE FUNDING IS INTENDED TO
IMPLEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS FROM
S DOTS PLANNED 2020 STUDY OF
TRAFFIC MOVEMENTS IN THE AREA.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO?
>> COLLEAGUES THERE IS ZERO
CROSSWALKS IN THE THREE BLOCK
STRETCH OF NORTH E. 45th ST.
BETWEEN I FIVE AND THE ON RAMP
AND SEVENTH AVENUE AND THE ON
RAMP AND 7th AVE., NORTHEAST,
THIS IS A PEDESTRIAN HEAVY
CORRIDOR, LOTS OF SMALL
BUSINESSES IN MULTIPLE BUS
STOPS, TO FUTURE RAPID -- RAPID
RIDE LINES, LACK OF A CROSSWALK
CAUSES MANY PEOPLE TO RUN
ACROSS A BUSY STREET WITH CARS
EXITING THE FREEWAY, THE
COMMUNITY THAT A PROPOSAL TO
CONSTRUCT A CROSSWALK IN THIS
LOCATION, AND RECEIVE THE MOST
VOTES AND MOST POSITIVE VOTES
IN DISTRICT FOR AND WAS IN THE
TOP FIVE CITYWIDE, THE BROAD
COMMUNITY SUPPORT INCLUDED THE
SUPPORT OF EVERY BUSINESS ALONG
THE INTERSECION AND OVER 1500
RESIDENTS WHO HAVE SIGNED ON TO
SUPPORT.
UNFORTUNATELY WHEN ASKED.AGREED
THIS WAS A CRITICAL NEED THE
COST ESTIMATE EVER HUNDRED
$50,000 FOR THE CROSSWALK AND
SIGNAL I STATION DISQUALIFIED
THE PROPOSAL, HOWEVER S DOT HAS
PROGRAMMED 25,000 TO REVIEW
PEDESTRIAN BIKE IN TRANSIT
MOVEMENT FOR THE AREA AROUND
INTERSTATE 5 IN NORTH E. 47th
ST. IN 2020.
S DOT HAS SAID THE REVIEW QUOTE
MAY YIELD LIMIT ON STREET
IMPLEMENTS GIVING FUNDING
LIMITATIONS, THIS ACTION WOULD
ADD $200,000 FOR A START TO
IMPLEMENT IMPROVEMENTS
IDENTIIED BY THE REVIEW
INSTALLING A CROSSWALK BETWEEN
9th AVE., NORTHEAST AND 7th
AVE., NORTHEAST.
>> THANK YOU.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
>> THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD
THEIR NAME AS A COSPONSOR RAISE
YOUR HAND?
OKAY.
VERY GOOD.
MOVING ON TO S DOT PROVIDE A
STATUS REPORT ON GEORGETOWN TO
SOUTH PARK TRAIL AND I THINK
THIS IS COUNCILMEMBER LISA
HERBOLD.
>> ITEM 44 IS A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT ON THE
TRAIL PROJECT SPECIFICALLY
REQUESTING
A SCHEDULE FOR THE DESIGN OF
THAT PROJECT OF THE SPENDING
PLAN FOR THE $600,000 THAT WAS
APPROVED IN THE 2018 ADOPTED
BUDGET.
IT REQUESTS A REPORT TO THE
SUSTAINABILITY AND
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE OR THE
SUCCESSOR COMMITTEE TO
COUNCILMEMBER LISA HERBOLD BY
APRIL 1, 2020.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LISA HERBOLD?
>> NOTHING REALLY TO ADD OTHER
THAN THIS SLIDE IS AN
EXPRESSION OF MY INTEREST IN
STEWARDING THIS PROJECT AS IT
MOVES FORWARD .
>> I LOVE THIS.
NOTHING TO ADD AND DONE IN 30
SECONDS.
THOSE WHO WANT TO ADD THEIR
NAME IS A COSPONSOR IN SUPPORT
OF COUNCILMEMBER
LISA HERBOLD'S RECOMMENDATION
RAISE YOUR HAND.
VERY GOOD.
NEXT ONE ALSO IS COUNCILMEMBER
LISA HERBOLD AND IT'S A W.
MARGINAL WAY SAFE STREET
ACCESSIBILITY ITEM.
>> ITEM 45 WHAT AT 750,000 FOR
PLANNING AND DESIGN OF
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS
AT W. MARGINAL WAY NEAR THE
CULTURAL CENTER, THE PROJECT
WOULD INCLUDE PEDESTRIAN
ACTIVATED SIGNAL OR CROSSWALKS,
SIDEWALK AND REAL RED
CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS, THE
FUNDING WOULD BE FOR THE
PLANNING AND DESIGN OF THE
PROJECT BUT NOT FOR
CONSTRUCTION.
THE INITIAL ESTIMATE IS THAT
THE PROJECT COULD REQUIRE AN
ADDITIONAL 2.5 MILLION FOR
CONSTRUCTION AND I WOULD ALSO
NOTE AS THE PROJECT INVOLVES
CROSSING THE BNSF TRACKS IT
WOULD REQUIRE APPROVAL AND
COORDINATION FOR BNSF.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LISA HERBOLD?
>> I GOT A LITTLE SOMETHING TO
SAY ABOUT THAT.
WE'VE HEARD FROM S DOT THAT
WITH $750,000 IN 2020 THEY CAN
ACTUALLY DO THE PLANNING AND
DESIGN WORK THAT WOULD BE
NECESSARY FOR THIS PROJECT.
IT INCLUDES A PEDESTRIAN
ACTIVATED TRAFFIC SIGNAL A
MARKED CROSSWALK AND SIDEWALK
PAVEMENT ON THE WEST SIDE OF W.
MARGINAL WAY AND AN ADA
ACCESSIBLE CROSSING OF THE RAIL
TRACK AND ADA ACCESSIBLE
CONNECTIONS TO THE HEARING
HOUSE PARKING LOT.
WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF PUBLIC
COMMENT ABOUT THIS,
AT BOTH OF OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS,
WE ARE GOING TO HEAR A LITTLE
BIT LATER ON TODAY AS WELL.
THIS IS A PROJECT THAT IS I
THINK REALLY UNIQUE IN ITS
SUPPORT OF COME A STRONG
SUPPORTIVE EVERYBODY FROM ALL
OVER THE WEST SEATTLE PENINSULA.
BOTH AS IT RELATES TO THE
BUDGET PROCESS THIS YEAR, THE
DISTRICT 1 COMMUNITY NETWORK
HAS COME TOGETHER AND THAT IS
REPRESENTATIVE OF COMMUNITY
MEMBERS FROM ALL OVER DISTRICT
1, THIS IS THE TOP PRIORITY
THAT THEY AS AN ORGANIZATION
HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR,
SIMILARLY, DURING THE
NEIGHBORHOOD STREET FUND
APPLICATION PROJECT THERE WAS A
HUGE LEVEL OF SUPPORT WHEN THEY
APPLIED THROUGH THAT FUNDING
ROUND, FOR THIS PROJECT, AT
THAT TIME S DOT FELT THE PROJECT
, THE BUDGET FOR THE PROJECT
WAS TOO LARGE FOR THAT
PARTICULAR FUNDING SOURCE
ALTHOUGH THEY WORKED WITH THE
COMMUNITY TO COME UP WITH THIS
OTHER SCALED DOWN PROJECT.
SO MULTIPLE OCCASIONS THE
ENTIRE COMMUNITY IS COMING OUT
IN
FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT.
>> VERY GOOD.
I'M GOING TO ASK A SIMILAR
QUESTION TO THE ONE I DID WITH
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN.
DO WE NEED TO GET THE BNSF
APPROVAL PRIOR TO GOING TO THE
DESIGN REVIEW?
I'M JUST THINKING I KNOW HOW
DIFFICULT THAT PARTICULAR
ENTITY CAN BE TO GET APPROVAL
AND TO GET THEM TO WORK WITH US
A IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO
TO MAKE SURE WE GOT THAT BEFORE
WE INVEST THE MONEY THREE
QUARTERS OF 1 MILLION FOR
DESIGN?
>> I DON'T BELIEVE, I BELIEVE
THE DESIGN AS IT IS IS A
DIFFERENT DESIGN THAT HAD SOME
OF THE PROBLEMS WITH BURLINGTON
NORTHERN BUT I WILL CHECK ON
THAT AND GET BACK TO YOU.
I THINK THERE IS STILL A NEED
TO WORK WITH THEM BUT I DON'T
THINK THE BARRIER IS SO HIGH AS
WITH THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF
THE PROJECT.
>> I'M GOING TO
ú>> MAYBE FOLKS
CAN SPEAK TO IT WHEN THEY COME
UP IN PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE
END.
>> I'M GOING TO SUPPORT MOVING
THIS FORWARD TODAY BUT IF
CALVIN COULD WE JUST DO A
LITTLE DEEP DIVE INTO THAT TO
FIND OUT BECAUSE I KNOW I'VE
BEEN STOPPED BY BNSF ON SOME
OTHER PROJECTS.
>> THE HISTORY ON A LOT OF OUR
PROJECTS THAT AFFECT BNSF IS
THAT THE RAILWAY COMPANY CAN BE
VERY HARD TO GET A FINAL ANSWER
FROM.
TYPICALLY YOU HAVE TO HAVE A
DESIGN THEY CAN RESPOND TO IN
ORDER TO GET THE APPROVALS.
>> I KNOW WE'VE GOT A CHICKEN
AND EGG BUT I HATE IT WHEN WE
INVEST MONEY AND THEY SAY KNOW
THEY SAY NO ONE WITH A FOLDER
ARMS AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
BUT LET'S MOVE FORWARD TO SEE
WHO
WANTS TO ADD YOUR NAME IS A
COSPONSOR ON THIS.
GREAT.
THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
LISA HERBOLD
AND FOR ALL IN WEST SEATTLE
THAT HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING THIS
BECAUSE IT'S BEEN REALLY
IMPORTANT.
>>> ALL RIGHT NEXT ITEM IS THE
PROVISO SPENDING
ON THE CENTER CITY STREETCAR,
CALVIN DO YOU WANT TO FRAME IT?
>> I 46 IS SPELLED SPONSORED BY
COUNSEL LISA HERBOLD, IT'S A
PROVISO ON SPENDING ON THE
STREETCAR PROJECT THAT WOULD
PROHIBIT SPENDING AFTER MARCH
31, 2020 UNTIL S DOT HAS
PROVIDED THE COUNSELOR WRITTEN
FUNDING PLAN FOR THE OPERATIONS
OF THE STREETCAR AND IDENTIFIED
A CONTINGENT SOURCE OF
CONSTRUCTION FUNDS, AS DOT DOES
NOT RECEIVE THE 75 MILLION
SMALL STARTS GRANT FROM THE
FTA.
>>> COUNCILMEMBER LISA HERBOLD?
>> THIS REQUIRES A WRITTEN
FUNDING PLAN FOR THE OPERATIONS
OF THE CENTER CITY STREETCAR
INCLUDING SPECIFIC FUNDING
SOURCES AND CONTINGENT SOURCES
FOR CONSTRUCTION IF S DOT DOES
NOT RECEIVE THE 75 MILLION IN
FEDERAL SMALL STARTS GRANTS.
I FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT A
COUNCIL MAJORITY HAS APPROVED
SPENDING FUNDS TO ADVANCE THE
PRODUCT DESIGN BUT I THINK IT
IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE NOT
GO ALL IN ON THIS UNLESS WE DO
SO WITH OUR EYES WIDE OPEN.
IT IS REASONABLE TO REQUIRE
THIS INFORMATION AS IT IMPACTS
OUR FUTURE BUZZ IT DECISIONS.
IN ADVANCE OF ALLOWING FOR MORE
SPENDING.
LAST YEAR THE COUNCIL REQUESTED
INFORMATION ABOUT A FUNDING
PLAN FOR STREETCAR OPERATIONS
AS PART OF ANY OPERATING
AGREEMENT, AS DOT HAS NOT EVER
POSTED AGREEMENT SO THAT IS WHY
WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED A REPLY.
NEVERTHELESS THE INFORMATION I
THINK IS STILL USEFUL TO THE
COUNCIL PRIOR TO AN OPERATING
AGREEMENT IN OUR DECISION-
MAKING PROCESS AROUND FUTURE
SPENDING.
THE FIRST QUARTER 2019
WATCHLIST CAPITAL REPORT
ACQUIRED BY THE COUNCIL NOTES
THAT THE FEDERAL FUNDING GRANT
WOULD EXPIRE IN SEPTEMBER 2020,
IF A GRANT AGREEMENT IS NOT
EXECUTED.
S DOT NOTES THAT THEY DO NOT
EXPECT TO HAVE AN AGREEMENT BY
THEN.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, THEY EXPECT
THAT THE FEDERAL FUNDING GRANT
WILL EXPIRE BECAUSE AGAIN THEY
THEMSELVES ARE SAYING THEY
DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE GRANT
AGREEMENT IS GOING TO BE
EXECUTED BY SEPTEMBER 2020.
THAT BEING THE CASE THE FUNDS
WILL NEED TO BE REALLOCATED IN
THE FEDERAL BUDGET.
IN 2017 THE COUNCIL RECEIVED A
FUNDING CONTINGENCY PLAN AND
THE RESPONSE WAS NOT
SUBSTANTIVE, SO IN FAIRNESS WE
HAVE A DIFFERENT AS DOT
DIRECTOR AND A DIFFERENT MAYOR
AND THEY'VE BOTH BEEN MUCH MORE
TRANSPARENT ABOUT PROJECT COST
SO HOPEFULLY THAT TRANSPARENCY
COULD CONTINUE.
>> THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO
BEAT THE DRUM ON THIS, OTHER
COMMENTS?
>> JUST TO MAKE SURE I
UNDERSTAND, SO WE APPROVED THE
$9 MILLION A FEW MONTHS AGO TO
CONTINUE DESIGN AND PLANNING
WORK AND MY UNDERSTANDING THAT
WILL NOT BE COMPLETE BY MARCH
OF THIS YEAR.
SO THIS WOULD REQUIRE THAT THEY
HAVE THE OPERATING PLAN IN
PLACE WITHIN, IF THEY WANT TO
CONTINUE
>> THIS WOULD REQUIRE THAT THEY
PROVIDE A WRITTEN REPORT TO
COUNCIL STATING WHAT THEIR
PROPOSAL FOR HAVING, HOW THEY
WOULD OPERATE THE STREETCAR'S
BOOK SO THEY COULD CONTINUE TO
SPEND MONEY AFTER MARCH 31.
>> IS NOT THE OPERATIONS PLAN
WHICH I THINK IS A SEPARATE,
IT'S A PROPOSAL FOR HOW THEY
WILL FUND OPERATIONS THAT WE
ARE ASKING FOR.
>> RIGHT.
>> BECAUSE I DON'T EXPECT THE
OPERATIONS PLAN IT SELF TO BE
IN PLACE
>> IN THE NEXT 90 DAYS AFTER?
>> BUT HOPEFULLY A PLAN FOR HOW
THEY ARE GOING TO FUND
OPERATIONS.
>> AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT YOU HAVE BEEN OUT FRONT ON
THIS AND I APPRECIATE IT AND I
THINK IT'S A COMPLETELY
REASONABLE REQUEST, WE TALKED
ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO WHEN
FOLKS WERE PUTTING OPERATING
ASSUMPTIONS IN AND WE KNOW THAT
METRO TRANSIT AND SOUND TRANSIT
ARE NOT TOO ENTHUSED ABOUT
CONTINUING TO PAY THE OPERATING
COST AFTER 2023.
WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE
JUST FOR THE LINK DOWNTOWN BUT
ALSO FOR BERKELEY AND SOUTH
LAKE UNION AND WE NEED TO LOOK
AT THE WHOLE THING AND I JUST
WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MANY OF MY
NEIGHBORS IN D7, SOME ARE JUST
ADAMANT SUPPORTERS OF THIS AND
I JUST TALKED WITH THE BUSINESS
COMMUNITY, PIPELINES MARKET
REPRESENTATIVES, SOME OF THE
WATERFRONT BUSINESSES AND ON
THE FLIPSIDE THERE ARE PEOPLE
THAT ARE ADAMANTLY OPPOSED TO
IT INCLUDING SOME OF THE SAME
GROUP.
SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN PIKE
PLACE MARKET AT SOME OF THE
BUSINESS FOLKS SO I THINK IT IS
HAVING AN OPERATING AGREEMENT
OR AT LEAST AN EXPLANATION OF
THE DIRECTION WE ARE GOING IS A
PERFECTLY REASONABLE REQUEST.
>> I'M GOING TO NOT SUPPORT
THIS, I THINK THERE IS A
QUESTION OF
, WE ARE A FEW YEARS OUT FROM
KNOWING IF THIS IS EVEN GOING
TO MOVE FORWARD WITH FEDERAL
FUNDING AND THERE IS A QUESTION
OF WHAT OTHER PIECES WE NEED IN
PLACE BEFORE MOVING ONTO THE
NEXT STEP AND I KNOW THAT WE
WILL NEED SOME OPERATING
SUBSIDY TO MAKE THIS WORK.
I DON'T NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY
WHERE THAT FUNDING IS GOING TO
COME FROM, WHAT SOURCE IT'S
GOING TO BE BECAUSE IT'S A FEW
YEARS OUT, BUT FIGURING OUT IF
WE HAVE A VIABLE PROJECT THAT
WILL COMPETE FOR FEDERAL
FUNDING IS A QUESTION THAT I
THINK MAKES SENSE TO
DO FIRST BEFORE WE STOP AND
COME UP WITH A PLAN.
JUST TO BE CLEAR, THERE ARE A
LOT OF DIFFERENT AGENCIES
WORKING ON TRANSIT IN THE
REGION INCLUDING IN SEATTLE,
THERE IS A LOT OF MONEY THAT
CHANGES HANDS IN BOTH
DIRECTIONS.
THE CITY CURRENTLY SPENDS ABOUT
$40 MILLION TO BUY ADDITIONAL
BUS SERVICE FROM KING COUNTY
METRO, WE ARE GOING TO BE
WORKING ON ARRANGEMENT WITH
SOUND TRANSIT ALMOST CERTAINLY
ON HOW WE COMPLETE THE WEST
LINK, WEST TO SEE ALAN -- WEST
SEATTLE TO BALLARD LINK AND I
THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE IN
THE MIX OF THINGS, IT'S NOT
GOING TO BE THAT SOMEONE IS
MAGICALLY GOING TO
SHOW UP AND PAY FOR IT.
SIMILARLY WE WILL ALL HAVE TO
PUT THE MONEY IN TO GET THE
TRANSIT SYSTEM WE WANT AND I
THINK THERE IS A FAIR QUESTION
TO SAY IS THE CENTER CITY
CONNECTOR A PIECE OF THAT
TRANSIT SYSTEM WE WANTED
OBVIOUSLY FOLKS ARE DIVIDED ON
THAT BUT I DON'T THINK HOLDING
UP THE ONGOING DESIGN WORK
TO GET FUNDING PLAN FOR
OPERATIONS THAT IS MULTIPLE
YEARS FROM NOW IS THE RIGHT
SEQUENCE OF THINGS, I THINK THE
FIRST THING TO DO IS TO FINISH
THE DESIGN WORK AND SEE WHAT
THE DESIGN LOOKS LIKE, IF IT
MAKES SENSE AND HOW MUCH IT'S
GOING TO BE AND THEN GO ON TO
SEE IF WE CAN GET FEDERAL
FUNDING.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LISA HERBOLD I
THINK YOU'VE GOT CLARIFYING
POINTS.
>> I UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS
PROVISO DOES NOT TOUCH THE
MONEY THAT THE COUNCIL VOTED
VERY RECENTLY TO ALLOW FOR THAT
DESIGN WORK.
AM I WRONG ABOUT THAT?
>> THAT IS THE ONLY MONEY
REMAINING IN THE BUDGET THAT
THEY HAVE TO SPEND .
>> THAT IS THE ONLY MEMORY
REMAINING.
I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT
SINCE WE VOTED ON THAT FUNDING
IN 2019 THAT WE WERE
AUTHORIZING THE SPENDING OF
THAT MONEY.
>> IF YOU WANT TO NOT PUT THE
PROVISO ON THE $9 MILLION, WE
CAN ABSOLUTELY DO THAT.
THERE IS NO PLAN SPENDING
BEYOND THAT $9 MILLION.
>> FOR ME, IF THE INTENT
>> I JUST DON'T WANT TO HAVE
THE SPIGOT ON BEYOND THE ACTION
THAT THE COUNCIL HAS ALREADY
TAKEN.
>> AND I WOULD SUPPORT THAT.
I BELIEVE THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS
DECIDED YOU HAVE $9 MILLION TO
COMPLETE DESIGN AND ENGINEERING
WORK BUT THERE IS NO MONEY
BEYOND THAT TO BE SPENT AND I'M
MORE THAN HAPPY TO SUSPEND THE
PROVISO THAT MAKES IT CLEAR
BEYOND THAT BUT I DON'T WANT TO
STOP THE 9 MILLION.
>> SO CAN WE TALK MORE ABOUT
HOW TO DO THAT?
>> WE WILL NOT VOTE ON ADDING
SPONSORSHIP HERE, WE WILL HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY ON OUR FORM
SEES.
THANK YOU FOR THAT DISCUSSION
BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU, I
APPRECIATE IT.
>>> ITEM NUMBER 47 IS ANOTHER
PROVISO OF SPENDING ON THE DELL
RIDGWAY SOUTHWEST RAPID RIDE
LINE AND AGAIN THIS IS COUNCIL
MEMBER LISA HERBOLD'S.
>> THE PROVISO SPENDING WOULD
PROHIBIT SPENDING ON
CONSTRUCTION UNTIL AUTHORIZED
BY FUTURE COUNCIL ORDINANCE.
>> SO THIS, COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY
APPROVED TWO SPENDING PROVISOS
FOR THE PROJECT, WANTED 10% AND
WANT TO 30% AND I THINK IT HAS
BEEN A REALLY USEFUL APPROACH
FOR ME TO ACT AS ADVOCATE OF
COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO GET THEIR
QUESTIONS ANSWERED ABOUT THE
DESIGN.
THE CHALLENGE HERE IS THAT IN A
PRESENTATION AT THE
SUSTAINABILITY AND
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE IN
RECENT WEEKS AS STOTT INDICATED
THAT THE FINAL DESIGN WOULD BE
COMPLETED IN FALL 2019, IN LINE
WITH THE BUDGET WHICH WOULD
ALLOW FOR FINAL REVIEW AND
APPROVAL.
FINAL DESIGN IS NOW SCHEDULED
FOR JANUARY.
AS STOTT HAS INDICATED THAT
THIS COULD RESULT IN DELAY AND
ADDITIONAL COST SO MY STAFF
WILL BE MEETING WITH THEM EARLY
NEXT WEEK ABOUT THIS BUT
NEVERTHELESS, THIS PROVISO AGAIN
ME TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE
COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT
CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS THAT
STAKEHOLDERS IN THIS AREA HAVE
ABOUT THIS PROJECT ARE ANSWERED
PRIOR TO THE COMPLETION OF THE
DESIGN.
>> OKAY.
>> I APPRECIATE THAT THE TIMING
HAS SLIPPED ON THIS
COUNCILMEMBER LISA HERBOLD AND
I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO
HAVE IT COME BACK TO COUNSEL.
I ALSO CONTINUE TO HOPE THAT
THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES AS
THEY DO THE FINAL WORK TO
PERHAPS EXTEND THE PROTECTIVE
BIKE LANE ON DELTA RIDGE AND
SOME DESIGN WORK THERE AS WELL.
>> THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD
YOUR NAME AS A COSPONSOR RAISE
YOUR HAND, THIS IS ITEM 47.
OKAY.
SO THE NEXT THREE ARE MINE.
>> ITEM
48 WHAT AT 400,000 AND
ESTABLISH A CIP PROJECT FOR
RECONSTRUCTION OF FORTSON
SQUARE, IT WOULD COINCIDE WITH
THE COMPLETION OF THE JOINING
CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB RENOVATION
IN SPRING 2021.
>> THANK YOU, YOU'VE HEARD A
LOT FOR ME ABOUT THIS OVER THE
LAST YEAR, FORTSON SQUARE IS AT
THE CORNER OF YES LAUREN SECOND
AND IT ADJOINS WHAT IS GOING TO
BECOME COLLEEN NICKEL HOCKS
EXTENSION, ON CHIEF SEATTLE
CLUB FOR 42 UNITS A VERY LOW
INCOME HOUSING AND WE'VE BEEN
WORKING WITH PARKS AND SDOT
AND THE PIONEER SQUARE HISTORIC
PRESERVATION AND WITH OUR ARTS
GROUP TO DSS THE ART THAT IS
THERE, REDESIGN IT SO IT'S
GOING TO BE A COMMUNITY
WELCOMING SPACE AND I REALLY
LIKE THAT SOMETHING COLLEEN
ECHO HAWK RECOMMENDED, THAT WE
DO ONE OF THE BROWNSTONES DOWN
THERE, THE BUILDING IS GOING TO
BE CALLED -- AND THAT MEANS
WELCOME HOME OR A WELCOMING
PLACE BUT THE IDEA OF RENAMING
THAT AREA SOMETHING THAT IS
RECOGNIZING THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
LIVING THERE AND WHAT THEY HAVE
BROUGHT TO US, SO THIS IS
$400,000 WE PUT IN MONEY LAST
YEAR FOR YESTER CRESCENT AND
SOME OF THE MONEY WENT TO
REDESIGN AND MOVING THIS
FORWARD SO I WOULD ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT AND ANY OTHER COMMENTS.
>> I THINK THIS IS AN
OUTSTANDING PROJECT OF
ETIQUETTE SUPPORTS THE HOUSING
PROJECT -- I THINK IT SUPPORTS
THE HOUSING PROJECT WITH I'M
EXCITED ABOUT, TOO, MY ONLY
QUESTION IS TRANSPORTATION
DOLLARS VERSUS OTHER DOLLARS, I
JUST WANT TO THINK ABOUT THE
MIX.
>> AND THIS FIRST FUNDING
AMOUNT THAT WE DID HAD NO
TRANSPORTATION MONEY IN IT, IT
WAS ALL FROM PARKS.
SO THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD
YOUR NAME AS A COSPONSOR PLEASE
RAISE YOUR HAND.
VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU.
AND THE NEXT ITEM IS ONE OF MY
VERY FAVORITES, MARKET TO MOW
HIGH --
MOHAI.
>> IT WOULD ADD 400,000 FOR THE
MARKET TO MOHAI PROJECT TO FUND
FOUR BLOCKS OF PEDESTRIAN
LIGHTING ALONG THE PEDESTRIAN
CORRIDOR.
>> AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE MY
BUDDY JOHN PEARSON SITTING OUT
HERE AND THANK YOU FOR ALL
YOUR GOOD WORK, HE IS THE
GENIUS BEHIND THIS.
HE HAS RAISED SO MUCH PRIVATE
MONEY FOR THIS AND IT'S A MILE
AND A HALF CORRIDOR FROM THE
NORTHBOUND, THE NORTH END OF
PIKE PLACE MARKET DOWN THROUGH
WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE BELL
ST., PARKWAY AND AGAIN JOHN
PEARSON WAS THE MASTERMIND
HELPING THAT GET GOING.
AND TAKING A PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY
THAT IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST
AGE FRIENDLY CORRIDOR IN
SATTLE FOR A MILE AND A HALF
DOWN TO SOUTH LAKE UNION.
HIS ORGANIZATION APPLIED ONCE
AGAIN SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU WERE
TALKING ABOUT, COUNCILMEMBER
LISA HERBOLD, HAD APPLIED FOR
GRANTS AND RECEIVED SOME OVER
THE YEARS, THEY APPLIED FOR
SOMETHING THAT WOULD HELP THEM
COMPLETE IT THIS YEAR, THE
DOLLAR AMOUNT WAS CONSIDERED
TOO HIGH BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT
ADDING THE PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING,
THEY'VE GOTTEN THE POETRY
WRITTEN, AND UNDERWRITTEN BY
SOME OF THE PRIVATE MONEY THAT
WILL BE PUT INTO THE SIDEWALKS
AND I'M THRILLED THAT WE WILL
GET BENCHES, PEDESTRIAN
LIGHTING AND GET THIS COMPLETED
IN THE NEXT FOUR BLOCKS WITH
YOUR SUPPORT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
OKAY, THOSE THAT WILL JOIN ME
IN COSPONSORING THIS, PLEASE
RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL RIGHT TEAM, THANK YOU.
>>> ITEM 50 IS ALSO FROM
COUNCILMEMBER SALLY BAGSHAW AND
WOULD ADD $2 MILLION AND
ESTABLISH A CIP PROJECT FOR
REDEVELOPMENT OF THOMAS
STREET, THE THOMAS STREET
REDESIGN PROJECT, THE PROJECT
HAS SEVERAL ELEMENTS.
THE MAIN ELEMENTS INCLUDE A
HALF BLOCK CLOSURE OF FIFTH
AVENUE AND THOMAS STREET, I 36
FOOT WIDE BICYCLE PROMENADE
FROM FIFTH AVENUE TO DEXTER AND
A PROTECTED INTERSECTION AT
DEXTER AND THOMAS, THERE ARE A
NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FUNDING
SOURCES AVAILABLE FOR SOME OF
THE PROJECTS BUT IT HAS AN
ESTIMATED GAP OF ABOUT $3.8
MILLION REMAINING.
>>> RATE THANK YOU.
MANY OF YOU REMEMBER THAT WE
HAD A DESIGN THROUGHOUT THE
SUMMER THAT WAS SUPPORTED,
COOPER THANK YOU FOR BEING PART
OF THAT, MANY OTHERS FROM THE
NEIGHBORHOODS CAME AND WE HAD
ABOUT 45 PEOPLE THERE.
I REALLY WANT TO SAY THANKS TO
SDOT BECAUSE THEY WERE OUT IN
FRONT AND ALSO SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT TO STEP FORWARD AND
AGREED TO HELP FUND THROUGH
THEIR 1% FOR ARTS SOME OF THE
LIGHTING THAT IS NEEDED ALONG
THAT.
THE PEDESTRIAN PATH IS GOING TO
REALLY CONNECT WHAT WE'VE GOT
DOWN AT WESTLAKE ALL THE WAY TO
SEATTLE CENTER AND THE GOAL IS
TO HAVE THIS FUNCTIONALLY
COMPLETED BEFORE THE HOCKEY PUCK
DROPS IN OCTOBER 2021.
THE MONEY HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED
TO WORK WITH SDOT AND I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE SUSAN LOCKLIN IN
PARTICULAR FOR HELPING US GET
THERE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR
ADDITIONS?
THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD
THEIR NAME AS A COSPONSOR WITH
ME ON THIS PLEASE RAISE YOUR
HAND.
THANK YOU.
OKAY, CALVIN YOU ARE MOVING
ONTO 51 AND IT IS THE
WATERFRONT TRANSIT SERVICE AND
I THINK COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO
ARE YOU SPEAKING TO THIS?
>>> ITEM 51 WHAT AT $1 MILLION
TO PURCHASE WATERFRONT TRANSIT
SERVICE AND WHAT DIRECT SDOT TO
PROCURE WATERFRONT SERVICE
SIMILAR TO THE FREE SHUTTLE
CURRENTLY FUNDED BY SDOT.
>> SINCE JULY 18 WASH.HAS
FUNDED A FREE SHUTTLE SERVICE
AS PART OF THE MITIGATION FOR
THE
--, IT RUNS EVERY 20 MINUTES
FROM 10 AM TO 8
PM SEVEN DAYS A WEEK FROM
SEATTLE CENTER TO PIONEER
SQUARE IN THE CHINATOWN
DISTRICT WITH AN ADDITIONAL
LOOP THROUGH DOWNTOWN SEATTLE
WITH FUNDING SCHEDULED TO END
IN OCTOBER 19, THIS
BUDGET ACTION WOULD ADD THE
SAME LEVEL FUNDING TO THE CITY
BUDGET TO CONTINUE PROVIDING
THE FREE SERVICE.
>> THANK YOU AND I WOULD LIKE
TO ADD TO THAT WE'VE HAD MUCH
PRIVATE FUNDING HELPING, TO
HELP US THROUGH THE END OF THE
YEAR IF WASH DOT IS UNWILLING IN
, IS UNWILLING TO COMPLETE
THIS.
PARKING WAS GOING AWAY AND THE
99 BUS WAS GOING AWAY SO THE
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE AND OTHERS
STEPPED IN ESPECIALLY SINCE WE
ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE
WATERFRONT STREETCAR AS PEOPLE
HAD ENVISIONED 15 YEARS AGO.
OR ON FIRST AVENUE COMPLETED,
THIS IS ONE WAY WHERE WE CAN
BACKFILL WHERE METRO HAS NOT
BEEN ABLE TO SERVE DOWNTOWN.
SO
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS
FORWARD, COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO.
ANY FURTHER CONVERSATION?
>> SO LAST TIME WE HAD A
CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS I
FLAGGED A LIST OF CONCERNS NONE
OF WHICH HAVE BEEN ANSWERED, OR
I THINK ADDRESSED IN THIS
PARTICULAR FORM BE.
MY FOCUS WAS REALLY AROUND THE
FACT THAT WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING
IS $1 MILLION TO FUND
PRIVATIZED TRANSIT SERVICES ON
THE WATERFRONT AND I HAVE A LOT
OF CONCERNS ABOUT THAT.
BOTH FROM A LABOR STANDARDS
PERSPECTIVE, AND SORT OF THE
LEGITIMATE POLICY QUESTION OF
AROUND, SHOULD WE BE USING
PUBLIC DOLLARS TO FUND A PUBLIC
TRANSIT SERVICE AND AGAIN, NONE
OF THOSE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN
ANSWERED AND I DON'T THINK THEY
ARE ADDRESSED IN THIS SO I'M
GOING TO CONTINUE TO OBJECT TO
THIS AND OPPOSE THE PROPOSAL
UNTIL WE HAVE CLEAR ANSWERS ON
WHAT THE STRUCTURE IS HERE, IF
IT'S JUST A PERPETUATION OF THE
STATUS QUO THAT I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT FOR US TO PUBLICLY
ACKNOWLEDGE AND WHAT WE ARE
DOING IS FUNNELING TAXPAYER
DOLLARS THAT ARE INTENDED FOR
TRANSIT TO A VERY WEALTHY
PRIVATE TRANSIT OPERATION.
>> I WOULD JUST ARTICULATE THAT
I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER ABOUT
THE LABOR ISSUES, THOSE ARE
QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE
ADDRESSED, THIS IS NOT JUST A
WATERFRONT TAXI, BUT IT
ACTUALLY PICKS PEOPLE UP AT THE
WATERFRONT FROM THE WEST SEATTLE
WATER TAXI AND THE LOOP GOES
INTO DOWNTOWN,
UP TO THE KEY ARENA AREA BUT I
THINK IT GOES UP TO MERCER AND
BACK AND IT IS PROVIDING
TRANSPORTATION THAT ISN'T
OTHERWISE THERE AND IT HAS BEEN
COMPLETELY UNDERWRITTEN.
IT IS FREE.
FREE FOR RIDERS AND I THINK IT
IS A WORTHY PROJECT TO CONTINUE
SINCE THERE IS NOTHING ELSE
SERVING THE PUBLIC.
COUNCILMEMBER LISA HERBOLD?
>> WHEN WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION
IN THE FIRST ROUND WE HAD
TALKED ABOUT ATTACHING SOME
SORT OF PROVISO TO THESE FUNDS,
THAT WOULD REQUIRE THAT THESE
QUESTIONS REGARDING THE LABOR
IMPLICATIONS BE ADDRESSED
BEFORE WE RELEASED THOSE FUNDS.
AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT WOULD
MEAN SOME SORT OF A LABOR
HARMONY AGREEMENT OR SOME OTHER
MECHANISM TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR
PUBLIC DOLLARS WERE NOT BEING
USED IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T
ALIGN WITH OUR EXPECTATIONS FOR
PUBLIC DOLLARS USING TO HIRE
PEOPLE.
AND I THOUGHT THERE WAS
WIDESPREAD AGREEMENT THAT THAT
WOULD BE A GOOD WAY TO GO.
>> AND YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY
RIGHT.
SO I'M GOING TO ASK THAT THAT
PROVISO BE PREPARED AND WE WILL
BRING IT BACK ON FORM C.
COUNSELOR PACHECO?
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT
WHILE IT IS
A PRIVATE ENTITY IT DOES
PROVIDE A PUBLIC GOOD, WHICH IS
WHY WASH DOT HELPED FUND IT.
I MEAN, IF FOLKS IN THE
DOWNTOWN ARE MOVING AROUND
, IT IS BY DEFINITION PROVIDING
A PUBLIC BENEFIT.
SO I WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT
IT BUT I WILL PUT
AN ASTERISK TO MY SUPPORT IN
REGARDS TO WHAT HAPPENS ON
TUESDAY.
>> GREAT.
>> I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY BUT
I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE
SERVICE AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S,
IT'S
NOT LIKE I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW
THE SHUTTLE SERVICE WORKS.
I'D TAKE ISSUE WITH CREATING
THE EQUIVALENCY BETWEEN PUBLIC
GOOD
AND SUBSIDIZE ASIAN USING
TAXPAYER DOLLARS OF PRIVATIZED
FOR-PROFIT SERVICES.
SO JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN RIDE IT
FOR FREE AND IT IS OSTENSIBLY A
PUBLIC BENEFIT, THOSE ARE
DIFFERENT ISSUES THAN WHAT I'M
FLAGGING WHICH IS THAT THERE IS
A PROPOSAL, THE WAY
IT IS CRAFTED NOW WOULD
EFFECTIVELY RELEASE $1 MILLION
OF SDOT TAXPAYER DOLLARS
INTENDED FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT TO
A FOR-PROFIT PRIVATE ENTITY
THAT PROVIDES TRANSIT SERVICES
IN A PARTICULAR CORRIDOR.
SO I GET THAT THERE IS VALUE TO
THE SERVICES, I'M NOT
QUESTIONING THE VALUE TO THE
GENERAL
PUBLIC OF THOSE SERVICES AND IT
DOES HELP WITH MODALITY, I AM
FLAGGING A DIFFERENT ISSUE
WHICH IS THAT GIVEN THAT THE
STRUCTURE CURRENTLY IS ONE THAT
IS PRIVATIZED I THINK THAT IS A
DIVERGENCE FROM WHAT WE
ORDINARILY DO IN THIS SPACE
WHICH IS PURCHASE THESE TRANSIT
SERVICES FROM KING COUNTY METRO
AS OPPOSED TO GOING DOWN THE
PATH OF PRIVATIZED NATION OF
WHAT WE ANTICIPATE TO BE PUBLIC
TRANSIT SERVICES.
WE HAVE A HISTORY OF MAKING
SURE THERE IS ACCOUNTABILITY
AND THERE IS TRULY SOME PUBLIC
BENEFIT HERE, WE DO THIS IN OUR
PUBLIC PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIPS AROUND OCCIDENTAL
PARK AND WESTLAKE PARK WHERE WE
HAVE AGREED TO SIGN UP, HAVE
PROGRAMMING DONE,
AND THAT IS DONE WITH A
CONCRETE CONTRACT, A PLAN AND
AGREEMENT AND COMMITMENTS FROM
PRIVATE ENTITIES THAT HAVE NO
CONSTITUTIONAL OBLIGATIONS AT
ALL TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE
COMPLYING WITH OUR EXPECTATIONS
AROUND WHAT IT MEANS TO BE
PROVIDING A PUBLIC BENEFIT
USING PUBLIC DOLLARS AND I HAVE
CONCERNS THAT NONE OF THAT
CURRENTLY EXISTS, THIS IS SORT
OF A BLANK CHECK OF $1 MILLION
AND MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO AND
I HAVE NO SENSE OF WHAT THEIR
LABOR RELATIONS ARE, I HAVE NO
SENSE OF WHETHER THEY ARE
KICKING PEOPLE OFF THEIR BUSES
FOR EXAMPLE BECAUSE THEY ARE
HOMELESS, I JUST DON'T HAVE A
SENSE OF HOW THEY ARE OPERATING
IN A WAY THAT WOULD BE
CONSISTENT WITH THE SAME
CONSTITUTIONAL LAWS AND
RESTRICTIONS THAT APPLY TO US
AS A GOVERNMENT ENTITY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO?
>> I AM DEFINITELY BEING ABLE TO
-- THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL .
>> I THINK IT IS FAIR WITH THE
QUESTIONS YOU'RE ASKING, I
DON'T THINK ANYBODY EVER
PRETENDED WE WERE GOING TO
WRITE THEM A BLANK CHECK BUT
SINCE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN
RAISED I WOULD LIKE TO PULL
THIS AS IS AND WE WILL DEAL
WITH, TO GET THE INFORMATION WE
CAN GET TO GET THE PROVISO AND
SEE IF I GET MORE INFORMATION
THAT WILL ADDRESS MY COLLEAGUES
QUESTIONS.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ON TO
ITEM NUMBER 52.
>> ITEM 52 IS SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALES AND WHAT
OUT I HUNDRED 50,000 FOR A
NEIGHBORHOOD FOCUSED
PUBLIC LIFE STUDY OF CAPITOL
HILL, PUBLIC LIFE STUDIES ARE
USED TO EVALUATE THE DESIGN
CHARACTERISTICS AND PUBLIC USES
A PUBLIC SPACES AND THE STUDY
IS INTENDED TO BE DELIVERED IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE
CAPITOL HILL ECO-DISTRICT.
>> VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALES?
>> I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS ONE
IN THE PAST AND I'M CIRCULATING
A LETTER ON THIS BROWN BEIGE
PAPER WHICH IS MY ASSIGNED
COLOR, IN THIS BUDGET PROCESS.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF LETTERS
HERE AND ONE IS SIGNED BY THE
SEATTLE CENTRAL COLLEGE, SIGNED
BY A GOOD FRIEND IN SUPPORT OF
THIS FUNDING, AND THE OTHER
LETTER IS SIGNED BY A
CONSORTIUM OF FOLKS IN
INDIVIDUAL ORGANIZATIONS MOSTLY
MAJOR INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE ON,
THAT'S ALL I HAVE'S, SORRY JODY,
THAT ARE MAJOR INSTITUTIONS ON
CAPITOL HILL SO THAT I HAVE
SIGNATURES FROM CAPITOL HILL
HOUSING, THE CAPITOL HILL ECO-
DISTRICT, KAISER PERMANENTE,
SEATTLE CENTRAL COLLEGE,
SEATTLE UNIVERSITY AND G SBA,
ALL SIGNALING THEIR SUPPORT FOR
THIS FUNDING, THIS ALL STEMS
FROM A STUDY MISSION THAT I
TOOK WITH MANY OF THESE
ORGANIZATIONS TO COPENHAGEN AS
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY
TAKE A SERIOUS LOOK AT HOW WE
CAN CENTER SUSTAINABILITY AND
CLIMATE RESILIENCY AND IN THESE
NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING
PROCESSES, BUT ALSO IN COURT
AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
TAKING A HARD LOOK AT
DEVELOPING MODELS FOR SOME OF
THE DENSEST NEIGHBORHOODS
ACROSS THE CITY, HOW WE ARE ABLE
TO CENTER COMMUNITY WISHES IN
REALLY CREATING A FOOTPRINT
THAT CENTERS PEOPLE AND NOT
CARS FIRST AND FOREMOST IN
TERMS OF HOW THEY MOVE AROUND
THE CITY.
SO THIS IS REALLY ABOUT PUBLIC
SAFETY AND ABOUT CLIMATE
RESILIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY
AND IT MAKES SENSE I THINK
AFTER A LOT OF DISCUSSION TO
COMMIT TO PARTNER IN THIS WORK
WITH THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION SINCE IT MAY
INVOLVE SOME PEDESTRIAN -- OF
STREETS, REPURPOSE THING PUBLIC
SPACES THAT ARE CURRENTLY
PRIORITIZED FOR CARS, BIKES AND
PEOPLE, THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER
OUTCOME.
SO THIS IS A COLLABORATIVE
BROAD EFFORT WITH A LOT OF
DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS WHO WANT
TO SIGN UP AND GET GOING ON
THIS WORK AND CREATE AN
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TO GET
SOMETHING ACROSS THE FINISH
LINE AND START TRANSFORMING
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD INTO A PEOPLE
ORIENTED NEIGHBORHOOD THAT FEEL
SAFE AND VIBRANT AND SUSTAINABLE
ROOTED IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,
STRATEGIES AND CONCEPTS.
AND SUSTAINABILITY ASAP.
>> I LIKE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS
AND, I THINK WE BROUGHT UP LAST
TIME ABOUT CONNECTING WITH THE
BIKE PINE QUARTER FOLKS AND THE
PEOPLE DESIGNING THAT.
SO I THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA.
>> THIS IS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY
TO PROVIDE SOME RESOURCES TO
ACTUALLY ALLOW FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE THAT
COORDINATION AND THOSE BROAD
CONNECTIONS AND REALLY
IMPORTANT SPINES OF OUR CITY .
>> FURTHER COMMENTS?
THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADDING YOUR
NAME AS A COSPONSOR TO ITEM 52
RAISE YOUR HAND.
EXCELLENT.
MOVING ON TO 53, PUBLIC TRANSIT
AND SEATTLE FREE TO RIDE .
>> ITEM 53 IS A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT SPONSORED BY
COUNCILMEMBER KSHAMA SAWANT
THAT REQUESTS S.TO CREATE A
PLAN AND BUDGET RESOLVABLE ZONE
TO MAKE ALL TRANSIT IN SEATTLE
FREE TO RIDE, -- OR SUCCESSOR
COMMITTEE BY JUNE 1 BY JUNE 1,
2020.
>> I HAVE SOME TALKING POINTS
THAT I WILL READ.
ONE OF THE PROPOSALS OF THE
GREEN NEW DEAL RESOLUTION
PASSED BY COUNCIL WAS CALLING
FOR A MASSIVE EXPANSION OF
PUBLIC TRANSIT AND MAKING IT
FREE FOR ALL TO USE.
IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO
SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE THE NUMBER
OF CARS ON THE ROADS IN THE
TIME PEOPLE SPEND IN CARS
UNLESS WE MAKE OTHER FORMS OF
TRANSPORTATION EFFECTIVE,
EFFICIENT AND AFFORDABLE.
>> ARE THESE YOUR WORDS?
>> I AM CHANNELING, I AM READING
COUNCILMEMBER KSHAMA SAWANT'S
WORDS.
MAKE HOUSING AFFORDABLE.
I SUPPORT THIS, I THINK AS
MOVING TOWARD FREE TRANSIT FOR
EVERYONE, THAT IS A GOOD
INVESTMENT AND THOSE ARE MY
WORDS.
SO THE SLY ASKED SDOT TO MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO USE
ALL TRANSIT FREE TO USE AND
OPTIONS INCLUDED REQUIRING
EMPLOYEES TO SUPPLY -- TO
EMPLOYEES, COMING TO AN
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT TO
MAKE SEATTLE A RIDE FREE ZONE,
WRITER FARES RIGHT NOW ARE A
MINORITY OF THE REVENUE USED TO
OPERATE OUR TRANSIT PROGRAM SO
IT'S NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE
TRANSIT FREE FOR ALL, JUST LIKE
THE ROADS AND SIDEWALKS ARE.
A COUPLE OF THINGS I WILL
PERSONALLY ADD, I DO AGREE AND
SHARE THE VISION THAT ONE DAY
HOPEFULLY SOON EVERYBODY IN THE
CITY
COULD RIDE ON TRANSIT FOR FREE
OR AT LEAST EVERYONE COULD RIDE
WITH MINIMAL IMPACT TO
THEMSELVES DEPENDING ON THEIR
INCOME LEVEL.
SO SOME WAY TO DO THAT WOULD BE
OUTSTANDING.
THE OTHER THING I WILL ADD IN
LIGHT OF POTENTIAL FUNDING
CHANGES IF INITIATIVE 976 WERE
TO PASS IS THAT PROVIDING FREE
TRANSIT BUT HAVING A LOT LESS
TRANSIT TO PROVIDE BECAUSE YOU
HAVE TO CUT SERVICE IS
SOMETHING WE WILL HAVE TO THINK
OF SO WE WILL HAVE TO BALANCE
AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND THIS IS NOT ALLOCATED
MONEY, IT'S A SLY.
>> FURTHER COMMENTS?
MY CONCERN IS THAT METRO HAS
BEEN LOOKING AT THIS FOR YEARS
AND I HOPE THAT IF WE ARE DOING
SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT WE
REACH OUT AND TALK TO METRO AND
ALSO CONSIDER WHAT THE COST
WOULD BE IN SOME WAYS THAT I
WOULD RATHER VOTE ON THIS AFTER
NEXT TUESDAY TO KNOW WHAT WE'VE
GOT TO DEAL WITH.
SO, I'M GOING TO ASK FOR OTHER
COMMENTS.
SO WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD THEIR
NAME AS A COSPONSOR?
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO DO YOU
HAVE SOMETHING?
>> I WOULD LOVE TO ASK KSHAMA
SAWANT BUT IF COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN, TO YOU ASKING KSHAMA
SAWANT, IF YOU WOULD BE
AMENABLE TO ADDING LANGUAGE
AROUND INCLUDING METRO IN THE
DISCUSSION?
>> CERTAINLY, I WOULD BE
AMENABLE TO IT AND I WOULD
IMAGINE THAT KSHAMA SAWANT
WOULD BE AMENABLE TO IT TOO, I
DON'T SPEAK FOR HER BUT I THINK
I CAN TAKE IT BACK TO HER AND
SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
>> GREAT.
>> CHAIR SALLY BAGSHAW THE ONLY
THING I WAS GOING TO SAY IS
THAT BECAUSE THERE IS NO MONEY
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS IN TERMS
OF ADDING THIS, I MEAN, I'M NOT
SURE WHAT THE CONNECTION IS TO
THE INITIATIVE RELATED TO
FUNDING FOR TRANSPORTATION.
>>
JUST IF WE ARE HAVING TO
SUDDENLY DO A COMPLETE REDO OF
HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE, AND I
APPRECIATE THAT SLY DOESN'T
HAVE MONEY ATTACHED TO IT BUT
SOMEBODY HAS GOT TO DO THE
REPORT AND THAT DEFINITELY
TAKES TIME AWAY FROM OTHERS
THAT MIGHT BE DOING WORK THAT
THEY'VE ALREADY HAD IN THEIR
WORKPLAN .
>> GREAT.
I THINK THE EXERCISE THAT WE
ARE ASKING TO BE DONE MIGHT
CHANGE.
>> BASED ON THE OUTCOME?
>> NEXT TUESDAY IT COULD BE,
SDOT TELL US WHAT IT WOULD COST
US.
>> AND THAT MIGHT BE A HIGHER
PRIORITY, WE COULD STILL ASK
THE OTHER QUESTION IT JUST IS A
QUESTION THAT MIGHT SEEM MUCH
HARDER TO ATTAIN IF WE HAVE IT
>> PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING WE
RAISED HER HAND ON SAYING WE
WANT TO COSPONSOR SINCE 2:00 IS
QUESTIONABLE AT THIS POINT.
>> I DO THINK A LONG-TERM
VISION OF HOW WE ACHIEVE BETTER
ECONOMIC ACCESS TO TRANSIT,
WHETHER IT IS FREE FOR
EVERYBODY OR HOW IT WORKS IS A
WORTHWHILE STUDY, REGARDLESS OF
HOW WE GO.
THIS WILL INFLUENCE WHAT WE DO.
NEXT FALL, IT WILL OBVIOUSLY
DEPEND ON WHAT HAPPENS TUESDAY.
>> THE ISSUE BECOMES FRANKLY,
IN SOME WAYS, MORE ACUTE IF WE
HAVE A FINANCIAL SHORTFALL AS A
RESULT OF THE PASSAGE IN TERMS
OF DETERMINING FAILURE
DISPROPORTIONATE AND DISPARATE
IMPACTS ON LOW INCOME TRANSIT
RIDERS.
SO I DON'T THINK THAT
ELIMINATES THE NEED TO DO THIS
WORK.
I THINK IT DOES REQUIRE A
SLIGHT TWEAK IN THE EVOLUTION
OF IT, BUT I AM SPEAKING JUST
BECAUSE I AGREE WITH THE INTENT
OF THE SLIDE TO SORT OF BETTER
POSITION OURSELVES AND
STRATEGIZE AROUND HOW TO MAKE
TRANSIT ACCESSIBLE TO MORE
PEOPLE, BY REMOVING THAT
FINANCIAL BARRIER.
THAT IS OBVIOUSLY A GOOD GOAL
THAT A LOT OF US UP HERE SHARE,
SO I AM HAPPY TO TAKE A WAIT
AND SEE APPROACH IF THAT IS THE
MOST PRUDENT WAY TO PROCEED.
>> I THINK THE WORK WE HAVE
DONE AROUND OVERPASSES, THAT
WOULD BE MY FIRST, MY FIRST
CONCERN IS LET'S NOT TALK ABOUT
976.
LET'S MOVE FORWARD TODAY AND I
WILL ASK OTHERS WHO WANT TO ADD
THEIR NAME AS A COSIGNER,
COSPONSOR OF THIS RIGHT NOW.
>> OKAY.
>> AND WE CAN COME BACK,
OBVIOUSLY.
AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
ALL RIGHT, ITEM 54 IS $1.4
MILLION TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR
BIKE MASTER PLAN.
>> ITEM 54 WOULD ADD $1.4
MILLION TO INSTALL 3000 PARKING
SPACES FOR FREE-FLOATING BIKE
AND SCOOTER SHARE PARKING.
SDOT IS DEPLOYING 1500 SPACE
USING BIKE FEES AND AN
ADDITIONAL 1500 SPACIOUS OVER
THE MOVE SEATTLE PROJECT IN THE
NEXT FEW YEARS.
>> BY THE END OF THIS YEAR,
SDOT PLANS TO HAVE ADDED 1500
PARKING SPOTS TO THE CITY IN
2019.
THROUGHOUT MY TERM, I WORKED
CLOSELY WITH TRANSPORTATION
DISABILITY RIGHTS ADVOCATES AND
ONE OF THE MOST COMMON CONCERNS
IS THE LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE
FOR MICRO MOBILITY DEVICES,
ESPECIALLY THE SIDEWALK LETTER.
THE CITY MUST INVEST IN
INFRASTRUCTURE AS WE HAVE CAR
PARKING ACROSS THE CITY FOR
PLACES THAT PARK BIKE AND
SCOOTERS.
SDOT IS PREPARING FOR ANY
SCOOTER PILOT PROGRAM, SO WITH
MORE DEVICES COMING TO THE
STREET, THIS BUDGET REQUEST
WILL INCREASE THE FUNDING FOR
PARKING CORRALS.
THIS WEEK AT THE PUBLIC FORUM
WE LEARNED THE BIGGEST CONCERNS
FROM THE PUBLIC ABOUT A SCOOTER
SHARE PROGRAM AND LACK OF
PARKING GUIDELINES.
THIS WILL ALLOW SDOT TO DOUBLE
THEIR ON STREET PARKING CORRALS
FOR 2020.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN.
>> CAN YOU WALK THROUGH WHAT
THE IMPACT OF THIS WOULD BE ON
THE BIKE MASTER PLAN PROTECTED
BIKE LANE?
>> THAT IS THE CIP PROJECT THAT
SDOT IS SPENDING OUT OF.
IT IS ESSENTIALLY WHERE THEY
CAPTURED THE APPROPRIATIONS FOR
THIS TYPE OF SPENDING, SO THIS
PROPOSAL WOULD ADD MORE MONEY
SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT PURPOSE
AND IT IS HOUSED IN THAT
BUCKET.
>> IS THERE A VISION ON WHERE
THE $1.4 MILLION WOULD COME
FROM TO BE ADDED AT THIS POINT?
>> THERE WAS NOT ONE IDENTIFIED
AT THIS TIME.
>> OKAY.
I LOVE THE IDEA OF MORE OF THE
BIKE OR MICRO MOBILITY PARKING
AND I THINK SDOT IS DOING A
GOOD JOB STEPPING UP AND I
WOULD LOVE TO SEE THEM
ACCELERATE THAT WORK.
MY CONCERN WOULD BE AT THE
EXPENSE OF WHAT AT THIS POINT,
SO I WOULDN'T WANT TO TAKE THIS
AWAY FROM SOME OF THE
INVESTMENTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT
A FEW ITEMS AGO.
ABOUT CREATING A SOUTHEAST
SEATTLE BIKE NETWORK.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> I HAVE A COUPLE COMMENTS.
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN RAISED
ONE OF THEM.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS DIDN'T
TAKE AWAY FROM ANY FUNDS WE
HAVE SET ASIDE FOR THE BIKE
MASTER PLAN.
MY OTHER ISSUE WAS THE
MULTIMODAL PARKING SPACES.
I DO SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER
PACHECO'S BUDGET ACTION TO
FUND THESE SPACES, BUT MY MAIN
CONCERN IS WHERE THEY WOULD BE.
I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW IN
DISTRICT 5, I DON'T REPRESENT
THE WHOLE CITY BUT I AM ON CITY
COUNCIL, SO NOT JUST DISTRICT
5, BUT EVERYWHERE, CONTINUAL
COMPLAINTS EVERYWHERE ABOUT THE
BIKE SHARE BIKES BLOCKING
SIDEWALKS, PEDESTRIAN RIGHT OF
WAYS.
I MYSELF HAVE WITNESSED ELDERS,
PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS, PEOPLE
SIGHT IMPAIRED, CHILDREN, NOT
BEING ABLE TO GET ACROSS THE
STREET BECAUSE THESE BIKES AND
SCOOTERS ARE LAYING LIKE LITTER
EVERYWHERE.
SO I OBVIOUSLY AGREE WITH THE
INTENT THAT IT IS NEEDED.
I GUESS MY CONCERN IS IF YOU'RE
GOING TO PUT IN $1.4 MILLION, I
AM CONCERNED ABOUT WHERE THEY
WILL BE DESIGNATED.
HOW WE ARE GOING TO DETERMINE
IN THE CITY, HOW WE GO OUT AND
MOVE THESE OR PUT THESE, WHAT
DO YOU CALL THEM, PARKING
SPACES, HOW ARE YOU ARE GOING
TO DETERMINE THAT?
HAVE OTHER CITIES STUNTED AND
SAID, LOOK, WE TOOK A MAP OF
THE CITY, WE WORKED WITH THE
VENDORS OR SCOOTER SHARE
PROVIDERS, BECAUSE I THINK WE
HAVE THREE OR FOUR NOW.
I KNOW THEY GO AROUND IN VANS
AND PICKUP THE BIKES OR
SCOOTERS OR WHATEVER.
I AM WONDERING WHAT MODALITY WE
WOULD USE TO DETERMINE WHERE WE
PLACE THESE.
>> THE CURRENT PROGRAM, SDOT
HAS A PROGRAM MANAGER THAT HAS
ACCESS TO SOME OF THE DATA FROM
THESE COMPANIES AND DOES USE
THAT.
THEY DO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES
TO FIND AVAILABLE RIGHT AWAY
SPACE NEAR SCHOOLS, BUSINESS
DISTRICTS.
THEY DO RUN A SORT OF AN
OUTREACH PROGRAM TO SAY HERE
ARE THE PLACES WE ARE LOOKING
AT IN ONE AREA.
WHEN THEY FIRST DID THIS, ONE
OF THE AREAS THEY DID WAS IN
BALLARD AND THEY HIGHLIGHTED A
FEW SPECIFIC AREAS.
THEY TALKED TO PEOPLE TO TRY TO
SEE IF THESE WERE THE TYPES OF
CORRALS THAT WOULD BE USED, BUT
IT IS A NEW THING.
IT IS SORT OF AN ONGOING,
EVOLVING THING.
THE DEPARTMENT FUNDED THIS
PROGRAM, USING SCOOTER SHARE,
EXCUSE ME, BIKE SHARE FEES.
SO IT WAS NOT FUNDED THROUGH
OTHER TRANSPORTATION FUNDING,
BUT THEY DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE
SCALE OF PROGRAM COULD BE
FUNDED THROUGH THOSE FEES IN
THE FUTURE.
>> IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN
TALK ABOUT, AND AGAIN, I DO
AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER
PACHECO'S INTENT, ON WHY WE
NEED THIS FOR THE CITY IF WE
ARE MOVING TOWARD BIKES AND THE
BIKE SHARE PROGRAMS, TO
INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE TO PUT THE
BIKE -- LIKE AN ECONOMIC
INCENTIVE.
I DON'T WANT TO DATE MYSELF,
LIKE WHEN YOU WOULD RETURN A
GLASS BOTTLE AND YOU GOT A
QUARTER.
IS THERE A WAY TO INCENTIVIZE
PEOPLE PUTTING THESE ELECTRIC
BIKES AND BIKES BACK IN SOME
STALL WHERE THEY GET 5% BACK OR
SOMETHING INSTEAD OF US
PHYSICALLY HAVING TO GET OUT OF
OUR CARS OR MOVING THEM
OURSELVES OFF THE STREET?
LAST WEEK SOMEBODY PART TWO OF
THEM IN THE STARBUCKS DRIVE
THROUGH.
I AM NOT COMPLAINING ABOUT THE
DRIVE THROUGH, I AM JUST SAYING
IT IS RIDICULOUS.
IS ANYONE EXPLORING ANYTHING
LIKE THAT?
>> THE OLD MODEL WAS A BIKE
RACK THAT HAD TO BE ATTACHED,
DOCKED, BEFORE YOU COULD STOP
PAYING FOR THAT BICYCLE.
THAT WAS THE OLD MODEL.
THIS MODEL IS RELYING ON YOU
BEING ABLE TO LEAVE THAT DEVICE
--
>> WHEREVER.
>> -- WHEREVER.
>> I WILL SAY THERE ARE HYBRID
MODELS YOU DISCUSSED WERE YOU
COULD LEAVE IT WHEREVER OR
LEAVE IT SOMEWHERE DESIGNATED
FOR LESS MONEY.
OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE REGULATORY
AUTHORITY OVER THEM, SO I THINK
THE IDEAS THAT YOU SUGGESTED
AND THAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM
OTHERS, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SDOT
BE MORE INTENTIONAL, MORE
ASSERTIVE, MAYBE, WITH THE
FOLKS LICENSING, TO GET THIS IN
ORDER AND I THINK THERE ARE
SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THAT.
>> IT IS A VERY EVOLVING
MARKET.
THIS DID NOT EXIST A COUPLE
YEARS AGO AND IT IS RAPIDLY
CHANGING.
THERE HAS BEEN TALK ABOUT
WHETHER FOLKS CAN DO THINGS
LIKE GEO-FENCE SPECIFIC AREAS
AND IT IS A QUESTION OF HOW
FAST IS THE TECHNOLOGY, MAKING
THAT SOMETHING THAT COULD BE
DONE, LIKE WHERE ON THE BLOCK
COULD YOU DO IT, VERSUS LARGER
AREAS OF THE CITY.
BUT IT APPEARS TO BE A VERY
FAST-MOVING INDUSTRY.
>> CAN I MAKE ONE MORE POINT?
BECAUSE IT IS FAST-MOVING, IT
OFTEN TAKES SOCIETY A LONG TIME
TO CATCH UP WITH TECHNOLOGY,
LET ALONE HOW TO REGULATE IT
AND MANAGE IT AND MONETIZE IT.
WHAT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT IS WE
HAD 101.4 MILLION AND THEN FOUR
YEARS FROM NOW WE ARE NOT DOING
THOSE ANYMORE.
WE GET SUED BECAUSE SOMEONE
FELL AND BROKE HER NECK OR WHAT
WE SAW IN THE SOUTHWEST, WITH
STORMS AND TORNADOES THAT ALL
THE BIKE COMPANIES HAD TO MOVE
THOSE BIKES OUT, BECAUSE THEY
ARE FLYING PROJECTILES AND THEY
WERE WORRIED THEY WOULD KILL
PEOPLE.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS I WORRY
ABOUT.
I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR THE
POINT, I APOLOGIZE, BUT BELABOR
THE POINT ABOUT WHERE WE WOULD
LOCATE THESE.
SO I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO AND
THEN COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> WE PASSED A RESOLUTION LATE
THIS SUMMER I BELIEVE THAT DID
ASK SDOT TO FIND WAYS FOR US TO
WORK WITH COMPANIES TO GET MORE
PEOPLE TO DO THE RIGHT THING,
IN TERMS OF PARKING.
BUT I HEAR YOUR CONCERNS, YOU
KNOW, BECAUSE THIS IS SHIFTING,
I JUST THINK THAT WE KNOW TO
GET MORE PEOPLE OUT OF CARS, WE
HAVE TO BUILD THE
INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT
PEOPLE OUT OF THOSE CARS.
THAT IS WHY I BROUGHT THIS
PROPOSAL FORWARD AND I HOPE TO
HAVE THE SUPPORT.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> YEAH, I WAS GOING TO SAY I
DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM FUNDING
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WILL THEN
BE USED TO STORE BIKES AND
SCOOTERS.
BECAUSE THAT ACCOMPLISHES OUR
GOAL OF MAKING SURE THEY ARE
NOT LITTERED ALL OVER THE
SIDEWALK AND INTERFERING WITH
OUR ABILITY TO WALK ON THE
SIDEWALK.
IT IS CALLED THE SIDEWALK,
PEOPLE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE
TO WALK ON IT.
BUT YOU KNOW, I DO FEEL REALLY
STRONGLY THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE
PERMITTING ANY MORE OF THESE
THINGS, UNTIL THEY FIGURE OUT A
WAY TO MAKE SURE THE CUSTOMER
IS CHARGED, UNLESS IT IS PUT IN
A PLACE WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.
THERE HAS GOT TO BE A WAY,
TECHNOLOGY WISE, THAT THE METER
KEEPS RUNNING IF IT IS NOT
PARKED WHERE IT IS SUPPOSED TO
BE PARKED.
AND I JUST THINK OUR SIDEWALKS
ARE BECOMING MORE AND MORE
LITTERED.
FOR SOMEBODY LIKE ME WHO HAS NO
MOBILITY PROBLEMS AT ALL, IT
DRIVES ME CRAZY AND I FEEL
TERRIBLE THAT WE ARE NOT BEING,
I THINK, MORE PRESCRIPTIVE ON
BEHALF OF THE FOLKS WHO DO HAVE
MOBILITY PROBLEMS IN OUR CITY
AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE, AS
A PUBLIC GUARDIAN OF THE STREET
RIGHT OF WAYS, BEING MORE
DESCRIPTIVE WITH WHAT OUR
EXPECTATIONS ARE WITH THIS
INNOVATION.
>> CAN I ASK A QUESTION?
DOES THAT MEAN YOU ARE IN
SUPPORT OF INSTALLING THE
PARKING SPACES THAT
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO IS
RECOMMENDING OR ARE YOU
DIRECTING SDOT --
>> THESE PARKING SPACES, THERE
IS NO TURNING BACK RIGHT NOW.
I AM SAYING, I DON'T THINK WE
SHOULD BE MOVING FORWARD ON
SCOOTERS UNTIL WE FIGURE OUT A
WAY TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE NOT
ON THE STREETS.
>> OKAY.
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> THANK YOU, I WANTED TO SORT
OF MOVE THE CONVERSATION IN A
WAY THAT WAS PERHAPS A LITTLE
BIT BROADER AND MORE REFLECTIVE
OF THE DIFFERENT KIND OF MOODS
THAT AREN'T CARS, THAT NEED
PARKING.
SO I THINK WE GOT INTO A LITTLE
BIT OF A RABBIT HOLE AROUND
SCOOTERS AND BIKE SHARES, AND
THEN SORT OF WENT FROM THERE TO
SAY THIS MARKET IS EVOLVING.
WELL FOLKS, WE HAVE HAD THE
BICYCLE SINCE 1817.
I DON'T THINK IT IS GOING AWAY
ANYTIME SOON, SO THE REALITY OF
BIKES AND PEOPLE NEEDING A
PLACE TO PUT THEM EXISTS
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT A SHARING PROGRAM
OR A SCOOTER, ELECTRIFIED OR
NOT, OR WHETHER 10 YEARS FROM
NOW, THREE MONTHS FROM NOW, IT
IS FLYING LIKE A HOVER BOARD.
I DON'T KNOW.
BUT THE BIKE HAS BEEN HERE
SINCE 1817 AND PEOPLE NEED
PLACES TO PARK THEM.
I THINK THAT IF WE TAKE A LOOK
AT COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO'S
THROUGH THE LENS OF WHERE DO
PEOPLE NEED TO PARK THEIR
BICYCLES, WHICH IS AN
ALTERNATIVE MODE OF
TRANSPORTATION, THEN DOES IT
MERIT AN INVESTMENT IN THIS
LEVEL OF INFRASTRUCTURE TO
ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN?
I SORT OF SEE THAT AS THE
LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR, FOR
THE LACK OF A BETTER PHRASE.
AND THEN SORT OF ALLOWING OTHER
MODALITIES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
THAT PARKING SPACE IS STILL
GOING TO BE AVAILABLE TO US, AS
A CITY.
SO THAT IS KIND OF HOW I AM
THINKING ABOUT THIS APPROACH
AND I THINK WHEN I SPENT A WEEK
IN COPENHAGEN, I WAS BLOWN AWAY
AROUND THE INTENTIONALITY OF
CREATION OF SPACES FOR THINGS
THAT AREN'T CARS THAT NEED TO
BE STORED PROPERLY.
WE CAN'T EXPECT TO CHANGE
PEOPLE'S BEHAVIOR IF THE ONLY
OPTION WE ARE GIVING THEM IS A
SIDEWALK.
WHERE ELSE ARE PEOPLE SUPPOSED
TO PUT THEIR BIKES OR WHATEVER
ELSE THEY ARE TAKING THAT ISN'T
A CAR?
IF WE DIDN'T PROVIDE MASSIVE,
CONCRETE, MULTI-STORY PARKING
GARAGES AND PARKING SPACES ON
PUBLIC STREETS, LORD KNOWS WHAT
KIND OF LITTER WE WOULD SEE
WITH CARS ALL OVER THE CITY.
BUT WE ROSE TO THE OCCASION AT
SOME POINT AND CREATED PARKING
SPACES AND PARKING GARAGES AND
NOW THOSE CARS ARE FAIRLY
ORDERLY ORGANIZED WHEN THEY ARE
NOT BEING DRIVEN AROUND.
WE SHOULD DO THE SAME THING FOR
THINGS THAT AREN'T CARS AND I
THINK THERE PLACES THAT HAVE
DONE MUCH BETTER THAN US
THINKING ABOUT THIS AND NOT
OVERTHINKING IT, BUT SIMPLY
THINKING OF IT AS HOW DO WE
UTILIZE CURRENT SPACE.
THERE IS A TON OF EMPTY SPACE.
IF WE WERE IN COPENHAGEN, THERE
WOULD BE BIKE RACKS FOR 100 TO
200 BIKES AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE
TO USE THAT COULD ALSO BE
UTILIZED IN THE MANNER I THINK
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO IS
ADVOCATING FOR AND WE WOULD
MINIMIZE THAT LITTER THAT ISN'T
A MACHINE OPERATED CAR.
>> TAKE US HOME, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> I DON'T THINK I WAS SAYING
ANYTHING IN CONFLICT WITH THAT
AND I JUST WENT OFF ON MY
LITTLE RANT OF MY FEARS IF WE
DO -- IF WE MOVE INTO THE SPHERE
OF DOING A SCOOTER SHARE OR
OTHER TYPES OF SHARES, WITHOUT
USING OUR ABILITY FOR THE
PERMITTING PROCESS TO REDUCE,
TO DO MORE THAN WE ARE DOING
RIGHT NOW TO REDUCE THE LITTER.
I DO WANT TO SAY RIGHT NOW AS
IT RELATES TO CARS, WE DIDN'T
JUST PROVIDE PARKING SPACES.
WE ALSO FOUND A WAY TO SANCTION
PEOPLE WHO WOULD LEAVE CARS
WHERE THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO.
WE DON'T HAVE A WAY TO SANCTION
PEOPLE WHO LEAVE THEIR BIKES OR
SCOOTERS WHERE THEY ARE NOT
SUPPOSED TO.
>> SO WHO WOULD LIKE TO JOIN
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO AS A
COSPONSOR ON ITEM NUMBER 54?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MOVING ON TO 55.
CAN I ASK A PROCEDURAL QUESTION?
PAST COUNCIL BILL ON FREE-
FLOWING CAR FEE ORDINANCE, ARE
WE GOING TO BE ADDING ANY NAMES
OR JUST ACKNOWLEDGING THIS IS
OUT THERE?
>> THIS IS A NEW PIECE OF
LEGISLATION.
>> WHAT ACTION DO WE NEED TO
TAKE UP HERE?
>> COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN IS
SPONSORING THIS LEGISLATION,
SO YOU ARE FREE TO ASK FOR
SPONSORSHIP.
IT IS LEGISLATION TO REDUCE THE
RESTRICTED PARKING ZONE FEE
COMPONENT OF FREE-FLOATING CAR
SHARE PERMITS.
THIS REDUCES THE FEE FROM $700
PER VEHICLE TO $200 PER VEHICLE.
THE TOTAL FEE FOR THESE CAR
SHARE VEHICLES WOULD REDUCE
FROM $1730 PER VEHICLE TO $1230
PER VEHICLE.
IN 2019, TWO OPERATORS HAVE
LEFT THE SEATTLE MARKET, SO
THERE IS ONLY ONE VENDOR LEFT.
THIS WOULD ALSO REDUCE THE
ANTICIPATED PERMIT REVENUE,
WHICH WOULD ACCOUNT FOR FEWER
OPERATING VEHICLES AND THE
LOWER FEE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN,
EXPLAINED THIS TO US.
>> I WILL DO MY BEST.
SO WE HAVE BEEN COLLECTING THIS
FEE IN ANTICIPATION OF MAKING A
SERIES OF INVESTMENTS TO HELP
MAKE THE FREE-FLOATING CAR
SHARE MORE ACCESSIBLE TO FOLKS.
WE HAVE STRUGGLED TO FIGURE OUT
AN ACTUAL VIABLE PATH FOR
MAKING THOSE INVESTMENTS.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS
GOING ON, WHY I SUPPORT THIS
LEGISLATION AND WHY I ASKED FOR
THIS LEGISLATION TO BE CREATED.
ONE IS, UNTIL WE HAVE A WAY TO
INVEST THOSE MONIES, I DON'T
THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO
CONTINUE TO COLLECT IT.
I ALSO THINK THAT FREE-FLOATING
CAR SHARING HAS PROVIDED
FLEXIBILITY IN THE MOBILITY
SECTOR FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE IN
OUR CITY AND I WOULD HATE TO
LOSE THE LAST OF OUR FREE-
FLOATING CAR SHARE COMPANIES.
AS CALVIN MENTIONED, TO HAVE
CEASED OPERATING IN SEATTLE.
ONE IS A MONTH AWAY FROM
CEASING OPERATIONS.
THE REMAINING ONE, WHICH IS CAR
TO GO, HAS CEASED OPERATING IN
THE MAJORITY OF THEIR UNITED
STATES MARKETS.
SEATTLE THEY HAVE MAINTAINED.
I THINK THIS IS AN EFFORT TO
TRY TO ALSO BE COMPETITIVE AND
FAIR.
>> THANK YOU.
COMMENTS?
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> SO MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THE
INTENDED USE OF THIS FEE
ORIGINALLY WAS ALL ABOUT
MARKETING TO NEIGHBORHOODS
WHERE THE ANTICIPATED THERE
MIGHT BE LESS USE OF CAR
SHARING AND THAT THE MONEY WAS
NEVER SPENT THAT WAY AND
BECAUSE THAT MONEY WAS NEVER
SPENT THAT WAY, THEY ARE NOW
CHARGING FOLKS WHO LIVE IN
THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND OFTEN
THEY ARE LOW INCOME
NEIGHBORHOODS, MORE.
IF THEY ARE NOT RETURNING THE
CAR TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO WHY DON'T WE JUST USE THE
MONEY THE WAY WE SAID WE WERE
GOING TO USE IT IN THE FIRST
PLACE?
AND IN DOING SO, MAKE SURE THAT
WE HAVE EQUITY IN OUR CITY ON
THE COST OF RIDESHARE, INSTEAD
OF CHARGING A COUPLE DIFFERENT
PARTS OF THE CITY, I THINK IT
IS FOUR DOLLARS MORE PER RIDE,
BECAUSE WE DID NOT INVEST THESE
DOLLARS THE WAY WE SHOULD.
I WOULD LIKE TO USE THE FUNDS
TO GET EQUITABLE SERVICE,
RATHER THAN REDUCING THE FEE
AND NOT GETTING EQUITABLE
SERVICE.
>> I AGREE.
I THINK PROBABLY THE ANSWER
THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IS
GOING TO REQUIRE MORE DETAIL
THAN I HAVE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT, SO
I KNOW SOME FOLKS IN THE
AUDIENCE STATIONED MAY MAKE
SENSE FOR YOU TO CONNECT WITH
THEM TO UNDERSTAND.
I WILL GIVE YOU THE SHORT
VERSION OF WHAT I UNDERSTAND.
THE EFFORTS TO TRY TO DESIGN A
PROGRAM THAT WOULD MEET THE
OBJECTIVES YOU TALK ABOUT WAS
PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING.
I THINK THE CITY WANTED TO BE
MAKING THOSE INVESTMENTS
THEMSELVES, BUT DID NOT HAVE
ACCESS TO THE CUSTOMERS THAT
THEY WANTED TO AND THE
ALTERNATIVE WAS TO HAND THE
MONEY OVER TO THE COMPANIES TO
MARKETED AND WHETHER IT WAS FOR
LACK OF TRYING OR LACK OF
ACCESS, IT IS NOT TOTALLY CLEAR
TO ME, BUT WHAT IS CLEAR IS
THAT THEY NEVER FOUND A
PROGRAMMATIC WAY TO MAKE THE
INVESTMENTS THAT THEY THOUGHT
COULD SERVE THE POPULATIONS
THAT THEY WANT TO SERVE IN THAT
YOU'VE IDENTIFIED AND THAT I
WANT TO SERVE, TOO.
THE GOAL WAS EXACTLY WHAT YOU
SAID, HOW TO MAKE SURE FOLKS,
ESPECIALLY IN LOWER INCOME
COMMUNITIES, WOULD ALSO HAVE
EQUITABLE ACCESS TO THIS,
INCLUDING PERHAPS FUNDING
SUBSIDIES, IN WHICH CASE THERE
WOULD BE MORE USAGE AREAS, BUT
NO ONE HAS FIGURED OUT HOW TO
ACTUALLY DO THAT IN A WAY THAT
WOULD BE EFFECTIVE.
SO I BELIEVE THAT THERE
CONTINUE TO BE OPPORTUNITIES TO
DO THAT AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE
CHALLENGE WAS A TECHNICAL ONE
ABOUT HOW TO GET PEOPLE
QUALIFIED TO USE A VEHICLE
WORTH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS WITHOUT A CREDIT CARD.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY --
>> I THINK THE ISSUE, JUST FROM
WHAT I KNOW OF MY OWN
NEIGHBORHOOD, IS THERE ARE LOTS
OF PEOPLE USING CARS, BUT THEY
ARE USING IT IN ONE DIRECTION
AND WE ARE NOT IN NEIGHBORHOODS
THAT HAVE A SUPER BUSY
COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
SO UNLIKE SOME OF OUR URBAN
CENTERS, WHERE IT MIGHT GET
USED IN THE MORNING, THEN IT
GETS USED ALL DAY FOR ALL KINDS
OF ERRANDS THAT PEOPLE RUN
DURING THE DAY OR VARIOUS
DIFFERENT THINGS.
IT IS GOING OUT IN THE MORNING
AND NOT COMING BACK IN THE
EVENING.
I THINK IT IS LESS ABOUT FEWER
PEOPLE USING IT.
IT IS FEWER PEOPLE USING IT,
BUT I THINK IT IS LESS OF A
SYMPTOM OF PEOPLE BEING LOW
INCOME, BECAUSE I KNOW LOTS OF
LOW INCOME PEOPLE USE CAR TO
GO, IT IS MORE OF WHAT THEIR
PATTERNS ARE OF USE AND THE
FACT THAT THESE AREN'T
NECESSARILY SUPER DEVELOPED
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT YOU SEE A
LOT OF DURING THE DAY USE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I AM NOT AN EXPERT, BUT MY
UNDERSTANDING OF THE MODEL IS
IT IS VERY SUCCESSFUL IN VERY
DENSE NEIGHBORHOODS, WHERE, YOU
KNOW, THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE WITHIN A FEW BLOCKS OF A
FEW VEHICLES ON THE STREET, AS
OPPOSED TO DOZENS OR HUNDREDS.
I BELIEVE SEATTLE IS THE ONLY
CITY IN THE COUNTRY THAT
REQUIRES ANY OF THE FREE-
FLOATING CAR SHARE COMPANIES TO
HAVE A SERVICE AREA THAT
INCLUDES THE ENTIRE CITY.
SO I WILL LET THEM DEFEND
THEMSELVES ABOUT HOW HARD THEY
TRIED AND WHAT THEY TRIED AND
WHAT WORKED AND WHAT DIDN'T
WORK, BUT THEY WILL POINT TO
THE FACT THAT THEY ARE SERVING
AREAS THAT FUNDAMENTALLY DO NOT
WORK FOR THIS MODEL BECAUSE OF
THE LACK OF DENSITY OR
RIDERSHIP, IF YOU WILL.
THAT IS A CHALLENGE THAT WE ARE
ALSO TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.
I SEE COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO IS
RAISING HIS HAND, TOO.
>> IF ONLY WE COULD ADD MORE
DENSITY AROUND CERTAIN
NEIGHBORHOODS.
>> IN ORDER TO MOVE THIS
FORWARD, SINCE WE STILL HAVE
LOTS OF ITEMS TO DISCUSS, WHAT
WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN?
>> I SUPPORT MOVING FORWARD AND
IN 2020, ELIMINATING THIS
PORTION OF THE FEE.
TO BE CLEAR, THE OTHER PORTION
OF THE FEE, IT IS ACTUALLY
DEPENDENT ON THE ACTUAL USAGE.
THIS IS THE ESTIMATE OF THE
UPFRONT COSTS THAT WE TRUE UP
AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND GET
ADDITIONAL REVENUE USUALLY
BECAUSE OF EXCESS PARKING FEES.
BUT I SUPPORT THIS ADJUSTMENT,
WITH THE HOPE THAT I WOULD LOVE
TO SEE -- THE ULTIMATE GOAL,
WHICH IS INCREASED RIDERSHIP IN
SOME AREAS, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE
US WORK ON WAYS TO INCREASE
USAGE OR OTHER MODELS IN THOSE
NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT I WOULD ALSO
HATE TO LOSE THIS OPPORTUNITY.
IT IS ALWAYS HARD TO DECIDE
WHAT THE RIGHT BALANCES, BUT
THE FACT THAT TWO OTHER FREE-
FLOATING CAR SHARE COMPANIES
HAVE OR ARE ABOUT TO LEAVE AND
THIS IS THE ONLY ONE LEFT,
CAUSED ME TO THINK IT IS
APPROPRIATE, FOR AT LEAST ONE
YEAR, TO MAKE THIS CHANGE.
SO I GUESS I WOULD LOVE A HANDS
UP, HANDS DOWN, AND FIGURE OUT
WHERE IT GOES.
>> WOULD LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME
AS A SPONSOR TO THIS?
RAISE YOUR HAND.
OKAY, VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU FOR THAT, ALL RIGHT,
LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM,
56.
>> ITEM 56 IS SUSTAINMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT THAT TOUCHES
ON SOME OF THOSE AREAS.
IT REQUESTS THAT SDOT VALIDATE
THE FEES FOR DROP OFF -- THEY
HAVE INCENTIVIZED CUSTOMERS TO
LEAVE CARS AND DENSER PARTS OF
THE CITY AND THIS ASKED THAT
SDOT ASSESS THE STRUCTURE AND
RECOMMEND ANY CHANGES TO THE
PERMIT PROGRAM.
THE REQUEST IS TO REPORT TO THE
COMMITTEE AND CENTRAL STAFF
DIRECTOR BY APRIL 1.
>> THANK YOU, GO AHEAD.
>> NOTHING THERE.
>> LOVE THAT.
SO THIS IS -- THOSE WHO WOULD
LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAMES AS A
COSPONSOR, RAISE THEIR HAND.
OKAY, NEXT ITEM IS ALSO A SLI.
>> ITEM 57, A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT ASKING THAT
SDOT EVALUATE THE COMPLETE
STREETS POLICY AGAINST NATIONAL
BEST PRACTICE.
THE ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED IN
2007.
THE REPORT WOULD GO TO THE
COMMITTEE AND CENTRAL STAFF
DIRECTOR BY APRIL 1. THIS IS
ALSO COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN.
>> NOTHING TO ADD, THAT WAS
PERFECT.
>> IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, I
SUPPORT IT.
THOSE WHO WANT TO ADD YOUR
NAMES AS A COSPONSOR, RAISE
YOUR HAND.
ALL RIGHT, ITEM 58 IS ALSO A
SLI AND THIS ONE WILL GET
PITCHED TO COUNCILMEMBER
PACHECO.
>> ITEM 58 REQUESTS SDOT
DEVELOP AN ANALYSIS TO BETTER
ACCOUNT FOR GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS, MULTIMODAL
TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY AND
WALK ABILITY AND REPORT TO THE
COMMITTEE AND CENTRAL STAFF
DIRECTOR BY JUNE 30.
>> GOOD.
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO.
>> WHAT HE SAID.
>> I LOVE IT.
OKAY, THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADDING
YOUR NAMES AS COSPONSOR, RAISE
YOUR HAND.
EXCELLENT.
GOOD.
AND THE NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN, RED LIGHT CAMERA, BACK
T YOU, CALVIN.
>> ITEM 59 IS NEW LEGISLATION
TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF RED
LIGHT CAMERA FEE FUNDING
DIRECTED TO THE SCHOOL SAFETY
TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN
IMPROVEMENT FUND OVERTIME.
IN THE 2019 ADOPTED BUDGET,
COUNSEL SUSPENDED THE
CONTRIBUTION FOR 2018, 2019 AND
2020.
THIS LEGISLATION WOULD
ESTABLISH NEW POLICY IN AN
ESCALATING SCALE THAT STARTS IN
10% IN 2020, ESCALATNG BY 10%
EACH YEAR TO 100% IN 2029.
IT WOULD ALSO TRANSFER $500,000
OF GENERAL FUND TO THE SCHOOL
SAFETY TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN
IMPROVEMENT FUND THAT WOULD BE
CONSISTENT WITH THE PROPOSED
LEGISLATION.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN, WE HAVE
A PINK SHEET ON THIS ONE.
>> WE DO, THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW.
IT IS ANECDOTES AND SOME OF
THE STORIES ABOUT WHAT WOULD
HAPPEN TO PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
JUST REMIND COLLEAGUES, LAST
YEAR AS PART OF THE FINAL
BUDGET PACKAGE TO GET THE
BALANCING WITH A LOT OF
COMPETING INTERESTS, THE BUDGET
THAT THE COUNCIL PASSED
SUSPENDED OUR PREVIOUS RULE
THAT ALLOCATES 20% OF RED LIGHT
CAMERA FUNDING TO SCHOOL SAFETY
PROJECTS.
I BELIEVE THE ANALYSIS AT THE
TIME WAS BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOL
SPEEDING CAMERAS HAD TAKEN IN
EXCESS REVENUE.
THEY WERE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE
LEVEL OF SPENDING THAT HAD BEEN
ANTICIPATED WITHOUT THE RED
LIGHT CAMERA, SO THAT
REALLOCATED.
WE SUSPENDED IT FOR TWO YEARS
FOR 2019 AND 2020 BUDGET, WITH
THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE
RETURN TO A 2000% -- TO A 20%
COMMITMENT.
WHAT I AM PROPOSING AS WE
PARTIALLY REINSTALL FOR 2020,
DEDICATING SOME OF THIS RED
LIGHT CAMERA TO THESE TRAFFIC
SAFETY PROGRAMS.
I BELIEVE 10% IS AROUND
$450,000,-ISH.
AND CONTINUE TO RAMP THAT UP.
WHAT WE HAVE SEEN THIS YEAR AND
YOU CAN SEE ON THE SHEET IN
FRONT OF YOU IS THAT DESPITE
OUR COMMITMENT TO VISION ZERO,
IT HAS BEEN AN ATROCIOUS YEAR
FOR FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
11 PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS
WERE KILLED BETWEEN THE FIRST
OF THE YEAR END LAST WEEK.
70 SERIOUS INJURIES TO
PEDESTRIANS, CYCLISTS.
A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS TO
TALK THROUGH.
THOSE NUMBERS ALONE ARE
HORRIFIC.
ONE IS A BAD NUMBER, ESPECIALLY
IF IT IS SOMEONE YOU KNOW, BUT
THESE NUMBERS SHOW A
SIGNIFICANT INCREASE OVER
PREVIOUS YEARS.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS AN
APPROPRIATE TIME FOR THAT
INVESTMENT, UNLIKE THE PREVIOUS
TRANSPORTATION BUDGET ADDS,
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW, THAT
HAVE BEEN ESSENTIALLY REVENUE
NEUTRAL, THE RED LIGHT CAMERA
FUNDING THAT WE TOOK OUT GOES
INTO THE GENERAL FUND, SO THE
ONLY WAY TO RESTORE THIS WOULD
BE BY PUTTING GENERAL FUND BACK
IN ON IT, SO THIS DOES HAVE
IMPLICATIONS ON THE OVERALL
BALANCING PACKAGE.
I DO THINK MAKING A STRONG
COMMITMENT THAT WE WILL
CONTINUE TO WRAP THIS UP OVER
TIME IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT
MAKES SENSE.
I RECOGNIZE IT IS PUTTING OFF
HARD DECISIONS TO FUTURE YEARS,
BUT I THINK UNTIL WE SEE THE
TREND TURN DRASTICALLY IN THE
OTHER DIRECTION WHEN IT COMES
TO SAFETY FOR ALL OF OUR
ROADWAY USERS, THIS IS AN AREA
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO
INVEST IN.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
ANY COMMENTS?
OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> I STRONGLY SUPPORT MOVING IN
THIS DIRECTION, NOT ONLY
BECAUSE OF THE GREAT NEED THAT
WE HAVE TO ADDRESS PEDESTRIAN
AND BIKE SAFETY, BUT ALSO
BECAUSE FOR AUTOMATED TRAFFIC
ENFORCEMENT IT IS CONSIDERED A
BEST PRACTICE TO USE THE
REVENUE GENERATED FROM THAT
ENFORCEMENT FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY
PROJECTS.
STUDY SHOW NATIONALLY THAT
PEOPLE HAVE LESS RESISTANCE TO
AUTOMATED CAMERA ENFORCEMENT IF
THEY BELIEVE THAT ENFORCEMENT
ISN'T BEING USED AS A CASH COW
OR FOR THE CITY'S REVENUE
NEEDS.
IF THEY BELIEVE THOSE DOLLARS
ARE BEING PLUGGED INTO
ADDRESSING TRAFFIC SAFETY
IMPACTS, THEY ARE LESS RESISTANT
TO THAT FORM OF ENFORCEMENT.
I WANT PEOPLE TO BE WRITTEN --
TO BE LESS RESISTANT TO THAT
ENFORCEMENT AND TO SEE HOW
THOSE DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT
IN A WAY THAT BENEFITS THE
SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS.
>> VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.
COMMENTS?
GOOD.
THOSE WOULD LIKE TO ADD YOUR
NAME AS COSPONSORS TO THIS,
RAISE YOUR HAND.
MOVING ON TO NUMBER 60.
>> ITEM 60 IS A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT REQUESTED BY
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
IT REQUESTS SDOT REPORT ON
PROGRESS ON IMPROVING
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IN DISTRICT
5. THERE ARE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS
TO BE ANSWERED.
IT REQUESTS THE REPORT TO THE
SUSTAINABILITY AND
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AND
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND
CENTRAL STAFF --
>> I WANT TO REFER QUICKLY BACK
TO NUMBER 59 AND THE PINK SHEET
THAT HE HANDED OUT.
MARIA LIVED IN NORTH SEATTLE
AND I KNEW HER AS ONE OF OUR
ELDERS AND SHE WAS IN A HIT AND
RUN IN 2019.
THIS MORNING I DROVE BY HER
MEMORIAL, WHICH IS STILL
STANDING.
WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU
FOR ITEM NUMBER 60 IS ASKING
SDOT TO PROVIDE A STATUS REPORT
ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
DISTRICT 5 TRANSPORTATION
PRIORITIES.
AS COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN
SHARED, I WILL BE MORE
SPECIFIC.
IN THE FIRST 10 MONTHS OF 2019,
10 PEDESTRIANS WERE STRUCK AND
KILLED BY VEHICLES IN SEATTLE.
SIX OF THOSE DEATHS OCCURRED IN
DISTRICT 5. THREE IN LAKE CITY
AND THREE IN AURORA.
AS WE KNOW, EACH PEDESTRIAN
DEATH IS PREVENTABLE AND
UNACCEPTABLE.
YOU HAVE HEARD MYSELF AND OTHER
FOLKS TALK ABOUT CONSTITUENTS
IN THE NORTH AND OTHER
SIDEWALKS, ABOUT THE LACK OF
PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE AND
SIDEWALKS.
SO THE STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE
INTENT REQUEST THAT BY JUNE 30,
2020, SDOT PROVIDE A REPORT
DETAILING ACTION AND PROGRESS
ON IMPROVING PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
IN DISTRICT 5 AS ONE OF THEIR
TOP PRIORITIES.
I WOULD JUST ADD, I ALSO HAVE
61 AND 62 AND I DO WANT TO GIVE
A SHOUT OUT TO SDOT.
I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM,
THEY HAVE BEEN GREAT ON THE
MATERIAL AND REQUESTS WE HAVE
PUT IN, WHETHER IT BE YOUR
CHOICE, YOUR VOICE.
FIND IT, FIX IT.
CROSSWALKS, STOP SIGNS, HOME
ZONES, THEY HAVE BEEN GREAT
ABOUT THAT.
WHAT WE HAVE NEVER HAD AND ARE
TRYING TO WORK WITH SDOT ON AND
WOULD ENCOURAGE OTHER DISTRICT
REPRESENTATIVES, ANYONE,
ACTUALLY, THAT ONE OF THE FIRST
THINGS WE DID WHEN ELECTED AND
CONTINUE TO DO IS A YEARLY
INVENTORY, NOT JUST OF BRICK
AND MORTAR ECONOMIC INDICATORS
OR SOCIAL INDICATORS OR WHAT
ORGANIZATIONS EXIST IN OUR
DISTRICT, BUT ALSO WHAT DOESN'T
EXIST AS FAR AS PEDESTRIAN
SAFETY.
SO I'M LOOKING FOR MY
COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT ME ON
THIS SO WE GET A BETTER
SNAPSHOT IF YOU WILL ABOUT WHAT
IS OUTSTANDING AND WHAT WE
WOULD LIKE TO HAVE STRATEGIC
RESOURCES DIRECTED FOR
PEDESTRIAN, AND A COMMITMENT TO
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COMMENTS?
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS
FORWARD AND FOR HIGHLIGHTING
THE DISPROPORTIONALITY OF
COLLISIONS THAT HAVE HAPPENED
IN DISTRICT 5 AND NORTH
SEATTLE.
I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT THIS.
I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE CONSIDER
ASKING SDOT TO GO EVEN FURTHER
AND HELP US DESIGN A FRAMEWORK
FOR HOW WE LOOK AT INVESTMENTS.
THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS A GAP
ANALYSIS WHERE THEY LOOK AT
AREAS WHERE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE
ACCESS TO PARKS AND THAT IS
WHERE THEY PRIORITIZE
INVESTMENTS.
OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE GOOD DATA ON
WHERE SIDEWALKS ARE MISSING, SO
THAT IS A GOOD ANALYSIS, BUT
ANOTHER WOULD BE TO LOOK AT
WHERE WE ARE SEEING MORE AND
MORE OF THESE COLLISIONS
CAUSING FATALITIES OR SERIOUS
INJURIES AND HAVING THAT BE
PART OF THE METRIC OF HOW WE
ALLOCATE OUR RESOURCES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD, OTHER COMMENTS?
OKAY, WE ARE JUST ADDING OUR
NAMES TO ITEM NUMBER 60.
WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD THEIR
NAME AS A COSPONSOR?
GREAT.
>> ITEM 61.
61 WOULD ADD $350,000 IN ONE-
TIME FUNDING TO IMPLEMENT HOME
ZONE PROJECTS IDENTIFIED DURING
THE 2019 PILOT PROGRAM.
THE 2019 WORK EVALUATED 20
LOCATIONS, DEVELOPED CONCEPTS
FOR FOUR LOCATIONS AND
ULTIMATELY FUNDED TWO
LOCATIONS.
THE ENDORSED AND PROPOSED
BUDGET DID NOT INCLUDE
CONTINUED FUNDING FOR THE HOME
ZONES IN 2020.
THIS IS COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> I AM HAPPY TO SAY THAT D5
IS THE POSTER CHILD AND SUCCESS
STORY THAT HOME ZONES WORK.
WE HAVE FOUND THAT TRAFFIC
CALMING MEASURES, SINCE WE DO
LACK SIDEWALKS AND PARTICULAR
INFRASTRUCTURE, HAS ACTUALLY,
WE HAVE HAD SUCH WONDERFUL
NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY
SUPPORT AND THE INFORMATION WE
GET FROM CONSTITUENTS, THANKING
US, THINKING SDOT FOR PUTTING
IN HOME ZONES, SLOWING DOWN
TRAFFIC AROUND ELEMENTARY
SCHOOLS.
WE HAVE 12 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS,
TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND TWO HIGH
SCHOOLS.
WE HAVE ALSO LEARNED THAT
HAVING THESE CALMING MEASURES
SOMETIMES CAUSES THE PROBLEM TO
MOVE TO ANOTHER STREET.
HENCE OUR REASONING OF WHY WE
WANT TO KEEP FUNDING GOING FOR
THE HOME ZONE PROGRAM, SO WE
TREAT AND ADDRESS THE ENTIRE
NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT JUST
PARTICULAR ARTERIALS.
SO WITH THAT I ASK THAT MY
COLLEAGUES SUPPORT ME IN
CONTINUING THE HOME ZONE
PROGRAM, WHICH HAS BEEN VERY
SUCCESSFUL.
THANK YOU.
>> COMMENTS?
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> JUST A CLARIFICATION,
BECAUSE SOUTH PARK WAS ALSO A
RECIPIENT LAST YEAR.
THIS IS NOT ADDITIONAL HOME
ZONE FUNDS FOR A PARTICULAR
DISTRICT, WE ARE RELYING ON
SDOT TO USE THEIR EQUITABLE
INVESTMENT POLICIES TO DETERMINE
HOW TO BEST SPEND THESE FUNDS?
>> YEAH.
>> NO, I WANT IT ALL FOR ME.
THAT IS WHAT I AM SAYING.
>> COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN.
>> WELL, OF COURSE WE ALL DO.
CALVIN, CAN YOU HELP ME
UNDERSTAND, MY UNDERSTANDING IS
THESE INVESTMENTS ARE LARGELY
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, SO THE
MONEY INVESTED IN 2019, WHILE
THE PROGRAM IS NOT SLATED TO
CONTINUE, THOSE HOME ZONES STAY
IN PLACE INDEFINITELY, RIGHT?
>> CORRECT.
>> AND THE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS,
IS IT A COMBINATION OF TRAFFIC
CIRCLES, ONE-WAY STREETS, SPEED
BUMPS?
I ASSUME IT IS CUSTOM TO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT MAY BE THE MOST COST-
EFFECTIVE, YOU KNOW, IN PLACES
WHERE SIDEWALKS ARE COST
PROHIBITIVE, IT MAY BE A WAY TO
DELIVER SIMILAR SAFETY
MEASURES.
>> I THINK THIS HAS BEEN A
PROGRAM WHERE THE DEPARTMENT
HAS BEEN ABLE TO BRING A LOT OF
DIFFERENT WAYS TOGETHER IN ONE
AREA AND HAVE A CONVERSATION
ABOUT WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE
IN A VERY FOCUSED AREA.
I THINK IT DOES DRAW ON A LOT
OF DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE
AGENCY, KIND OF HOW IT ALL PUTS
TOGETHER, BUT IT IS, I THINK
THE STRONGEST PIECE OF IT HAS
BEEN AND HOW IT ENGAGES
COMMUNITIES IN A SPECIFIC AREA
AND SAYING, HERE IS HOW I CAN
LOOK FOR SEVERAL BLOCKS AT A
TIME.
THESE HAVE OFTEN BEEN SPOT
LOCATIONS.
WHAT CAN WE DO WITH THIS
CROSSWALK AND WHAT CAN WE DO
WITH THAT INTERSECTION, AND I
THINK THIS IS MORE OF A NETWORK
APPROACH OR COMMUNITY-ORIENTED
APPROACH.
>> THE SPOT APPROACHES WE HAVE
TRADITIONALLY DONE HAVE BEEN
GOOD, BUT THEY SOMETIMES HAVE
THE IMPACT OF, HEY, I FIXED MY
BLOCK, AT THE EXPENSE OF ONE
BLOCK OVER.
THEY ARE REALLY FOCUSING
TRAFFIC TO STAY ON ARTERIALS.
GREAT.
I SUPPORT THIS AND MY HOPE IS
WE CAN LEARN FROM SOME OF THESE
PILOTS THAT WERE DONE, SOME OF
THESE POSTER CHILDREN, AND
CONTINUE TO GET MORE OF THEM.
IT SEEMS LIKE AN AREA THAT
WOULD BE RIGHT FOR EXPANSION IN
FUTURE YEARS.
>> TWO THINGS, IT ISN'T JUST
COMPLAINT BASED.
I LIKE WHAT YOU SAID, CALVIN,
THAT IT IS A CONVERSATION.
YOU AREN'T JUST SAYING MY
STREET GOT FIXED, SO I DON'T
CARE WHAT HAPPENS ONE BLOCK
OVER OR IT HAPPENED NEXT TO MY
CHILD'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, SO I
DON'T CARE WHAT HAPPENS THREE
MILES AWAY.
THAT IS ACTUALLY WHAT FOR ME
HAS BEEN INSPIRATIONAL HEARING,
THAT IT BROUGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER
TO NOT JUST COMPLAIN ABOUT
THEIR CORNER, BUT THIS IS WHAT
WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING,
BUILDING COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT
IS IMPORTANT AND BIGGER THAN
OURSELVES, SO WITH THAT, I WILL
LEAVE IT AT THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS?
THOSE OF YOU WHO WOULD LIKE TO
ADD YOUR NAMES AS COSPONSORS,
RAISE YOUR HAND, PLEASE.
OKAY, VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU FOR THAT,
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
MOVING ON TO ITEM 62.
>> ITEM 62 IT HAD $200,000 FOR
WALKWAY IMPROVEMENTS ALONG
NORTHWEST 132nd STREET.
PROPOSED FUNDING WOULD COME
FROM THE SCHOOL SAFETY TRAFFIC
AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT BOND
AND THIS IS COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
>> LAST YEAR NEIGHBORS AND CITY
OFFICIALS CAME TOGETHER TO DO A
WALK AUDIT OF THE AREAS
SURROUNDING BROADVIEW THOMPSON
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THAT IS K-8.
THE REPORT IDENTIFIED NINE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE THE
SAFETY OF CHILDREN WALKING TO
AND FROM SCHOOLS, SEVERAL OF
WHICH ARE ALREADY IN PROGRESS.
I SHOULD ADD THAT WE ALSO
COMPLETED, I BELIEVE THEY ARE
MOVED IN THIS YEAR, LOW INCOME
HOUSING UNITS THAT WENT IN LAST
YEAR THAT MAKES IT MORE DENSE
FOR CHILDREN ACROSS THE STREET
FROM THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THIS ACTION WILL FUND ONE OF
THE MOST IMPORTANT
RECOMMENDATIONS, BUILDING A NEW
SIDEWALK ON THE HEAVILY
TRAFFICKED NORTHWEST 132nd
STREET.
I HOPE YOU WILL SUPPORT THIS
LOW-COST ADDITION TO PREVENT
CHILDREN FROM BEING HIT BY A
CAR ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL.
THANK YOU.
IF THAT DOESN'T TUG ON YOUR
HEARTSTRINGS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT
WILL.
>> TUGGED.
ANY OTHER COMMENT?
THOSE WOULD LIKE TO ADD YOUR
NAME AS COSPONSORS, RAISE YOUR
HAND.
GOOD, THANK YOU.
WELL DONE.
ALL RIGHT, FOLKS, WE'VE GOT 14
ITEMS LEFT.
SO LET'S DIVE INTO THE NEXT ONE.
>> WE STILL HAVE THREE MORE
ITEMS THAT ARE TIED.
THE NEXT THREE ITEMS ARE BUDGET
LEGISLATION TRANSMITTED BY THE
EXECUTIVE WITH THE PROPOSED
BUDGET, SO THEY DON'T
NECESSARILY NEED SPONSORSHIP.
ITEM 63 WOULD RECOMMEND
AMENDING AND PASSING A COUNCIL
BILL TO INCREASE THE COMMERCIAL
VEHICLE LOAD ZONE FEE
ORDINANCE.
THIS INCREASES FEES FROM $195-
$250 PER PERMIT.
IT WOULD ALSO INCREASE THE
TEMPORARY NO PARKING FEE, BY
TWO DOLLARS PER DAY, RESULTING
IN A FEE BETWEEN $17 AND $27
PER DAY, DEPENDING ON LOCATION.
THE AMENDMENTS WERE REQUESTED
BY THE EXECUTIVE TO ELIMINATE
THE INFRACTION PENALTY IN THE
LEGISLATION, IN ORDER TO RUN
THAT PROPOSAL THROUGH THE COURT
RULES WITH CHANGES TO
INFRACTION FEES.
>> OKAY, COMMENTS?
ALL RIGHT, DO WE NEED TO TAKE
ACTION ON THIS?
>> WE DO NOT.
ITEM 64 RECOMMENDS BUDGET
LEGISLATION THAT WOULD EXTEND
THE $12.2 MILLION LOAN FOR
MERCER WEST TO DECEMBER 31,
2022 A-LINE WITH THE
ANTICIPATED SALE.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU.
>> ITEM 65 WOULD DO THE SAME
THING FOR THE $3.6 MILLION LOAN
FOR THE SOUTH LAKE UNION
STREETCAR.
>> BOTH OF THESE WE EXPECT WHEN
THE SALE CLOSES, WE WILL BE
ABLE TO BE PAID OUT, BUT IT
PROBABLY WON'T HAPPEN IN 2019?
>> I AM ERIC COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF, ADDRESSING ITEM 66 AND 67
ON THE AGENDA, BOTH SPONSORED
BY THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.
I WILL DESCRIBE THEM BOTH
QUICKLY BUT BEFORE I DO SO, I
WANT TO MENTION THAT THEY GO
TOGETHER.
OVERALL THESE DEAL WITH CENTRAL
PROJECTS WITH THE WATERFRONT.
THE NET EFFECT OF THESE TWO
BILLS WOULD NOT INCREASE THE
AMOUNT OF THE LOAN, IT WOULD
JUST BREAK OFF A PIECE AND PUT
IT TOWARD ANOTHER FUND.
I WILL TALK ABOUT THAT NOW.
COUNCIL BILL 119677 WOULD
RECOMMEND PASSAGE.
EXCUSE ME, THIS ACTION, NUMBER
400 A1, WOULD RECOMMEND PASSAGE
OF THAT COUNCIL BILL.
IT WOULD AUTHORIZE THE
EXTENSION OF THE TERM OF
INTERFUND LOAN TO THE
WATERFRONT.
IT WOULD CHANGE THE SOURCE OF
THE FUNDING TO THE REAL ESTATE
EXCISE TAX.
IT WOULD ALSO REDUCE THE AMOUNT
OF THIS FUND FROM $31.2
MILLION, DOWN TO $12.2 MILLION.
LET ME JUMP TO THE NEXT ONE AND
EXPLAIN WHERE THAT MONEY WOULD
GO, WITH THE PASSAGE OF COUNCIL
BILL 119677 -- 119678, THAT
WOULD GO TO FUND THE LOCAL
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT THAT WAS
FORMED EARLIER THIS YEAR.
SO THE NET RESULT WOULD BE
ABOUT $31.2 MILLION.
YOU MAY ASK YOURSELVES, WHY
BOTHER DOING THIS?
IT IS BECAUSE IT IS PRUDENT TO
HAVE THE DOLLARS BEING SPENT ON
LOCAL IMPROVEMENT ELIGIBLE
PROJECTS TO BE SEQUESTERED OR
SEPARATE FROM THE OTHER DOLLARS.
WE EXPECT IN THE FUTURE THESE
LOANS WILL BE PAID OFF WITH
PROCEEDS, WHICH THROUGH FUTURE
ACTION MAY BE FORMED UP, EXCUSE
ME, FINAL ASSESSMENT MAYBE PAST
NEXT YEAR.
OTHER SOURCES LIKE PHILANTHROPY,
CITY FUNDS THAT WOULD PUT THESE
BACK IN THE FUTURE.
>> OKAY.
>> THAT WRAPS IT UP FOR ME.
>> OKAY, SO WE ARE MOVING ON TO
ITEM 68, SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE 68 THROUGH 77, AND THEN
WE WILL TURN TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> GREG DOS HERE, COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF, TO TALK ABOUT
ITEM 68 AND THE NEXT 10 ITEMS.
THE FIRST ITEM, ONE A1, WOULD
REQUEST THAT SPD, IN
CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER
DEPARTMENTS IN THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE ARENA, LEAD AND
EVALUATION OF THE CHARGE BY
OFFICER PROGRAM.
BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, THE
PROGRAM ALLOWS PATROL OFFICERS
TO REFER A COMPLETED
MISDEMEANOR INVESTIGATION TO
THE LOT APARTMENT WITHOUT
BOOKING A SUBJECT INTO JAIL.
SO THIS WOULD TAKE A LOOK AT
THAT PROCESS TO DETERMINE
WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE ANY
BACK FIRE EFFECTS OR UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES WITH THE PROGRAM.
>> IS THIS COUNCILMEMBER
PACHECO'S?
>> IT IS A PROGRAM THAT IN
SOME CITIES LIKE NEW ORLEANS IS
MAKING SURE THAT THEY ALLOW
POLICE OFFICERS TO ISSUE
CITATIONS DIRECTLY, RATHER THAN
ARRESTING SUSPECTS FOR LOW-
LEVEL OFFENSES.
AS MANY BENEFITS INCLUDING THE
INTERACTIONS BETWEEN OFFICERS
AND OFFENDERS, SAVING MULTIPLE
HOURS THAT IT TAKES TO BOOK
SOMEONE INTO JAIL, AND
POTENTIALLY AVOIDING ENTRY INTO
JAIL ALTOGETHER.
ON THE OTHER HAND THESE
PROGRAMS COULD HAVE UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES IF ALLEGED
OFFENDERS ARE LESS LIKELY TO
APPEAR IN COURT, WHICH COULD
LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN FAILURE
TO APPEAR CHARGES.
SEATTLE HAS A PROGRAM AND ITS
POLICY MANUAL, BUT IT IS
UNCLEAR TO THE EXTENT AT WHICH
IT IS UTILIZED, IF AT ALL.
THIS SLI WOULD ASK SPD TO
PARTNER TO EXAMINE THE CHARGE
BY OFFICER PROGRAM, INCLUDING
HOW IT IS UTILIZED, IF THERE
ARE ANY UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES.
HOW IT COMPARES TO OTHER
JURISDICTIONS BEST PRACTICES
AND WHETHER IT IS CONSISTENT
WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF HARM
REDUCTION AND RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE.
>> THANK YOU.
COMMENTS?
THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD
THEIR NAME AS A COSPONSOR,
RAISE YOUR HAND?
OKAY.
ITEM 69, PLEASE.
>> SPD-2-A-ONE, WOODCUT 3.3
MILLION FROM THE PROPOSED
BUDGET ONE TIME TO ELIMINATE
THREE OF THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED
STAFFING AND EMPHASIS PATROL
INITIATIVES.
THE FIRST IS THE SWORN OFFICER
HIRING INITIATIVE FOR $814,000,
THE INCENTIVE THAT SPD HIRES
HAVE UPON SIGNING WITH THE
AGENCY.
THE SECOND WOULD BE THE
EMPHASIS PATROL'S FOR $848,000
AND THE THIRD IS THE
RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION
INITIATIVE FOR $1.6 MILLION.
THIS IS COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S.
>> I THINK COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN WILL SPEAK TO THIS.
>> I WILL READ A STATEMENT
THAT COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT ASKED
ME TO READ.
IT IS NOW $110 MILLION OF THE
DISCRETIONARY GENERAL FUNDS,
FAR MORE THAN ANY OTHER
DEPARTMENT.
THIS YEAR ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS
PROPOSED MORE RAPIDLY EXPAND
POLICING.
THERE IS $1.6 MILLION ADDED FOR
THE EFFORTS TO RECRUIT MORE
POLICE OFFICERS AND AN
ADDITIONAL $800,000 FOR HIRING
BONUSES TO ATTRACT NEW POLICE
OFFICERS.
ON A SIDE NOTE, WHERE IS THE
HIRING BONUS FOR SOCIAL WORKERS
WERE PAID SO LITTLE?
HUMAN SERVICES ARE WOEFULLY
UNDERSTAFFED.
THANK YOU ON THAT POINT.
IT ALSO INCLUDES $800,000 FOR
EMPHASIS PATROLS.
TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS NOT FOR
INCREASED PATROLS WHERE THERE
ARE SHOOTINGS, THIS IS
INCREASED POLICING OF BUSINESS
DISTRICTS.
THE BUDGET PROPOSES TO FREE UP
FUNDS FOR THE POLICIES THAT ARE
FAR MORE EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING
CRIME AND RECIDIVISM, SUCH AS
LEAVE, AND NOT EXPAND THE
CRISIS OF MASS INCARCERATION.
>> THANK YOU.
COMMENTS?
ANY WOULD LIKE TO ADD YOUR NAME
AS A COSPONSOR, RAISE YOUR HAND.
OKAY, SEEING NONE, LET'S MOVE
ON.
>> ITEM 70 IS ADDING $48,000
GENERAL FUND ONGOING FOR ONE
FTE STRATEGIC ADVISOR POSITION
TO SPD TO WORK WITH DATA
SYSTEMS THAT RECORD
INTERACTIONS WITH INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE AND IMPOSE A PROVISO.
THE PROPOSED BUDGET IDENTIFIED
RESOURCES AND ADDED ONE
POSITION FOR A NATIVE AMERICAN
LIAISON POSITION.
THIS BUDGET WOULD UPGRADE THAT
POSITION TO A STRATEGIC ADVISOR
2, THAT WOULD FOCUS ON
TECHNOLOGY.
THIS WOULD ALSO CHANGE THE
NATURE OF THE POSITION, THE
STRATEGIC ADVISOR 2 WOULD WORK
INSIDE SPD TO EXAMINE DATA AND
WORK WITH INVESTIGATORY UNITS
TO DETERMINE IF MISSING AND
MURDERED WOMEN MAY HAVE BEEN
MISCLASSIFIED IF THEY WERE
INDIGENOUS.
THIS ACTION ADDS $48,000 TO
BRIDGE THE SALARY GAP BETWEEN
THE ORIGINAL POSITION AND THE
STRATEGIC ADVISOR.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
>> YES, FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO
THANK GREG FOR WORKING ON THIS
FOR THE LAST YEAR.
THANK YOU FOR DIVING IN AND
ASSISTING.
THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET,
AND EXISTING POSITION WITH A
BASE BUDGET.
OUR PROVISO ADJUSTS THAT
POSITION CLASSIFICATION TO
REFLECT THE TRUE
RESPONSIBILITIES OF A RULE WITH
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
SPECIALIST OR A STRATEGIC
ADVISOR.
THIS POSITION GOES WELL BEYOND
A LIAISON, NOT TO SAY LIAISONS
ARE NOT IMPORTANT, BUT THESE
ARE SPECIALISTS, EXPERTS IN
THEIR FIELDS WITH EXPERTISE IN
THE AREA OF IDENTIFYING,
WORKING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT,
SOCIAL WORKERS, AND THE URBAN
COMMUNITY FOR MISSING, MURDERED
INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND GIRLS, AS
WELL AS TRIBES.
I WANT TO STATE WE HAVE WORK
METICULOUSLY ON GREG DOSS WITH
THE CLASSIFICATION AND RANGE OF
SALARIES APPROPRIATE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH CITY POLICY.
SO WITH THIS, WE WOULD HAVE
úTHIS POSITION ENSURE THAT A
NATIVE AMERICAN IS RESPONDING
TO THIS CASEWORK.
THE PROVISO WOULD MAKE SURE SPD
IS CORRECTLY CAPTURING
INTERACTIONS WITH INDIGENOUS
GROUPS, TRIBES AND
ORGANIZATIONS, NOT JUST WITHIN
THE CITY, BUT ALSO LEVERAGING
THE WORK AND SERVICES ON OFFER
FROM TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS.
THIS POSITION WOULD BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING BEST
PRACTICES FOR DATA REPORTING,
COLLECTION AND MANAGEMENT, SO
THE DATA AROUND MISSING,
MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND
GIRLS IS REPRESENTED ACCURATELY
SO WE CANNOT ONLY BE THE FIRST
IN THE COUNTRY TO HAVE THIS
POSITION AND THIS EXPERT TO
SHARE THIS INFORMATION AND
DATA, SO OTHERS CAN USE IT AS A
TEMPLATE TO ATTACK THE SAME
CRISIS.
THE SPECIALIST WOULD ALSO WORK
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SEATTLE
INDIAN HEALTH BOARD.
WITH THAT, I WOULD ASK MY
COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT ME IN THIS
REQUEST.
ANY COMMENTS?
>> THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE -- TO
ADD YOUR NAME AS A COSPONSOR ON
THIS, RAISE YOUR HAND, PLEASE.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU GOT WHAT YOU
NEEDED, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
>> DID YOU GET THIS HANDOUT?
>> ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO
71.
>> ITEM 71 IS SPD-4-A-1. THIS
WOULD ADD $175,000 GENERAL FUND
TO CONTRACT WITH AN INDIGENOUS
LED ORGANIZATION THAT CAN
ASSIST THE CITY WITH ITS
EFFORTS TO END THE MISSING AND
MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND
GIRLS CRISIS.
I ALWAYS STUMBLE OVER THAT.
AND IMPOSE A PROVISO.
>> GOT IT.
>> BEFORE I GO INTO MY PREPARED
NOTES, WHICH, I LOVE YOU, BUT
18 PAGES IS AWESOME BUT I DON'T
THINK MY COLLEAGUES WANT TO
HEAR THAT AGAIN.
LET ME MAKE A FEW COMMENTS AND
THEN I WILL READ FROM SOME OF
MY NOTES, BUT WHAT WE JUST
HANDED OUT TO YOU, AND THANK
YOU, YOU DID A GREAT JOB.
LIKE COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ
SAID, THIS, ORCHID, WAS THE
COLOR ASSIGNED TO ME.
YOU SEE ITEM 70 AND THEN YOU
SEE ITEM 71 TO THE RIGHT OF
THAT.
THE REASON WE HAVE THEM AND
THEY GO TOGETHER, THEN YOU TURN
THE PAGE, WHICH I REALLY LIKE,
YOU SEE ITEM 71 AND ITEM 70.
ON THE LEFT WHERE IT SAYS ITEM
71, WHICH WE ARE TALKING ABOUT,
THE $175,000 FOR CONTRACT
SERVICES, YOU SEE THE TURQUOISE
OCTAGON'S.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY REPRESENT
HOW WE MAY PARTNER WITH SPD.
12 SERVICE LOCATIONS.
úTHEN ON THE RIGHT, ITEM 70,
JUAREZ, THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE
THE $48,000 TO MAKE SURE IT IS
A SPECIALIST, THE STRATEGIC
ADVISOR 2 FOR INDIGENOUS
PURPOSES, AND THAT IS THE
CIRCLE.
IF YOU LOOK AT MY CHART, I MADE
MY CIRCLE INTO A HAPPY FACE.
GOING BACK TO ITEM 71, NOW I
WANT TO GO TO MY NOTES.
THE REASON SHE DID THIS IS SHE
WAS TRYING TO SHOW, WHEN WE DO
CONTRACT SERVICES, THE SERVICES
REPRESENTED BY THE TURQUOISE
OCTAGON TO SHOW WHERE AND HOW
SPD MAY PARTNER WITH THE
FLOWCHART YOU SEE BELOW YOU.
SO YOU SEE CHIEF BEST AND HOW
IT IS ALL BROKEN DOWN AND YOU
SEE WHERE THE TURQUOISE
OCTAGON'S -- LET'S GIVE AN
EXAMPLE.
DIRECT OUTREACH, CRISIS
INTERVENTION, YOU SEE WHERE
THEY ARE SPOTTED.
THIS IS INFORMATION WE GOT
NATIONALLY FROM THE STATE AND
WORKING WITH ABIGAIL AND HER
TEAM AT THE SEATTLE INDIAN
HEALTH BOARD.
WITH THAT, LET ME GO QUICKLY TO
MY NOTES AND THEN WE WILL GO
AHEAD.
THANK YOU FOR INDULGING ME,
MADAM CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU.
CAN I JUST MOVE FORWARD DAY
>> OKAY, ABSOLUTELY.
>> ANY FURTHER COMMENTS FROM
COLLEAGUES?
>> THIS IS A GREAT HANDOUT,
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ, I
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE THING
ABOUT THE BIKE, BECAUSE AS A
PLAINS INDIAN WE HAD HORSES AND
WE DIDN'T LEAVE THEM IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE STREET.
>> YOU HAVE A PLACE TO PUT
THEM.
>> THOSE WHO WANT TO ADD THEIR
NAME AS A COSPONSOR TO ITEM 71,
RAISE THEIR HAND.
GOOD LORD, GETTING THIS TROOP
GOING TODAY, THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT, 72.
>> 72 IS SPD-5-A-1 THAT WOULD
IMPOSE A PROVISO RELATED TO
EMPHASIS PATROLS.
THIS ACTION WOULD RESTRICT
100,000 OF THE AMOUNT TO ENSURE
THAT PATROLS ARE PROVIDED IN
THE UNIVERSITY DISTRICT.
AND IT IS COUNCILMEMBER
PACHECO'S.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO.
>> EARLIER THIS YEAR WHEN THE
MAYOR ANNOUNCED NEIGHBORHOOD
EMPHASIS PATROLS COME I HEARD
FROM MANY IN OUR DISTRICT
ASKING WHY THE UNIVERSITY
DISTRICT WAS NOT INCLUDED.
THE DISTRICT HAS HIGHER LEVELS
OF BOTH REAL AND PERCEIVED
CRIME THAN MANY OTHER
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE INCLUDED
AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
EXPRESSED THAT DATA DROVE THIS
PROCESS AND IT WAS AN EMPHASIS
OF BOTH THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS AND SDOT.
WITH MORE DENSITY AND LIGHT
RAIL COMING SOON TO THE
DISTRICT, I BELIEVE THAT WE, AS
A CITY, SHOULD HAVE EMPHASIS ON
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS ACTION WOULD PROVIDE
$100,000 OF THE FUNDING IN THE
PROPOSED BUDGET TO GO
SPECIFICALLY TO PATROLS IN THE
DISTRICT.
>> ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER
ADDITIONS?
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ, DO YOU
WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS?
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY --
SORRY.
>> SORRY TO CATCH YOU.
PROTEIN BREAK.
>> IT IS NOT, IT IS A TWIX.
>> I WAS TRYING TO COVER FOR
YOU.
>> I WILL FESS UP AND SAY I
NEEDED A LITTLE BIT OF SUGAR,
IN ADDITION TO THIS PILLOW
BEHIND MY BACK.
I WILL SAY I APPRECIATE
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO'S
CONTINUED ADVOCACY IN THIS
SPACE.
HE REALLY HONED IN ON THE NEED
IN DISTRICT 4 AS IT RELATES TO
THIS, SO I HOPE THAT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT TAKES THIS REQUEST
SERIOUSLY AND DOES ACTUALLY
UTILIZE THIS OVERTIME BUCKET OF
DOLLARS, IN THE WAY YOU
ENVISION IT TO BE USED AND LOOK
FORWARD TO MONITORING THAT NEXT
YEAR IN YOUR ABSENCE.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
THOSE WOULD LIKE TO ADD YOUR
NAME AS A COSPONSOR ON THIS,
RAISE YOUR HAND.
OKAY, WELL DONE.
THANK YOU.
73.
>> THE NEXT BUDGET ACTION, SPD-
6-A-1 WOULD IMPOSE A PROVISO ON
SPD TRAINING OPERATIONS AND
RESTRICT $200,000 SO IT MAY
ONLY BE SPENT ON TRAINING
RELATED TO SEX WORK.
THE COUNCIL INTENDS SPD WOULD
COLLABORATE AND CONTRACT WITH A
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION
THAT HAS SUBJECT MATTER
EXPERTISE TO DELIVER TRAINING
TO LEADERSHIP AND RELEVANT
LEADERSHIP AND SWORN OFFICERS.
I MIGHT ALSO MENTION THAT
CENTRAL STAFF IS CURRENTLY
WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT ON
THIS AND THERE MAY BE A WAY TO
REDUCE THE NUMBER DOWN FROM
$200,000, TO SOMETHING MORE IN
THE $120,000 RANGE.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ, I
BELIEVE THIS IS YET YOURS.
>> IT IS.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER
ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A
COLLABORATIVE TRAINING MODEL
AND CURRICULUM THAT COULD HELP
SPD LEADERSHIP AND RANK-AND-
FILE OFFICERS TO IMPROVE
POLICIES AROUND AND
INTERACTIONS WITH SEX WORKERS.
AS WITH MANY OTHER ISSUES, THE
NATURE OF PUBLIC POLICY
INVOLVES A COMPLICATED AND
NUANCED SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES
AND REQUIRES EVOLVING LANGUAGE,
EVOLVING UNDERSTANDING AND
EVOLVING COMPETENCY.
WE ARE IN ONGOING DISCUSSIONS
TO DETERMINE THE DEPTH AND
SCOPE OF THIS PROPOSAL AS GREG
DOSS MENTIONED AND ENGAGING THE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL CONDUCT
THESE TRAININGS, AS WELL AS
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
TO TO FIND THE BEST PATH
FORWARD.
WE ENVISION DIFFERENT TRAININGS
BASED IN THE NORTH END, WHERE
WE ARE SEEING A SURGE IN STREET-
BASED SEX WORK AND ARRESTS,
UNFORTUNATELY.
SO ULTIMATELY I BELIEVE THIS
INVESTMENT WILL RESULT IN
BETTER INFORMED POLICIES AND
PRACTICES AT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT IN ADDRESSING THE
SAFETY AND NEEDS OF SEX WORKERS
AS WELL AS VICTIMS AND
SURVIVORS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
>> INTERESTING, THANK YOU.
I SUPPORT IT.
I ALSO HEARD THERE IS
INTERESTING TRAINING ON THIS
TOPIC WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL
COURT.
>> OH, OKAY, GREAT.
TRAINING FOR EVERYONE.
>> IT WOULD APPEAR 73 AND 74
ARE THE SAME AND YOU COULD
COMBINE THEM AGAIN FOR
COSPONSORS.
>> OKAY, I THOUGHT THE ONE FROM
COUNCILMEMBER --
>> THEY SHOULD BE THE SAME.
IF THERE IS A DIFFERENCE, THEN
IT IS A STAFF MIXUP.
>> I THINK IT IS JUST A PRODUCT
OF OUR WORRIER BUDGET RULES AND
PROCESS, THAT THEY ARE THE SAME
AND WE ARE WORKING HAND-IN-
HAND.
>> ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER
COMMENTS?
ALL RIGHT, WE CAN DO 73 AND 74
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD YOUR
NAME AS A COSPONSOR.
RAISE YOUR HAND.
GREAT, THANK YOU.
WE GOT 2-FOR-1 ON THAT.
THEN, MOVING TO 75.
>> ITEM 75 IS ADDING $127,000
GENERAL FUND IN 2020 TWO SPD
FOR REGIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
FIREARM ENFORCEMENT DIRECTIVE
AND IT COMES WITH A PROVISO.
THE IDEA IS THE DEPARTMENT
WOULD SEND AN EXPERIENCED
DETECTIVE TO THE ENFORCEMENT
TEAM AND EITHER A NEW OFFICER
OR OVERTIME FOR THE EXISTING
OFFICER.
>> COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ, I
BELIEVE THIS IS YOURS.
>> IT IS.
THIS IS PROPOSED IN TANDEM WITH
A DIFFERENT FORM THAT WAS 2
DASH A DASH ONE THAT WE
DISCUSSED ON WEDNESDAY.
I BELIEVE MY COLLEAGUES RAISED
THEIR HANDS TO COSPONSOR THAT
ON WEDNESDAY.
THIS PROVISO WOULD ALLOW THE
REGIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
FIREARM ENFORCEMENT UNIT, THAT
IS A HANDFUL, MOUTHFUL, TO HAVE
THE BENEFIT OF A SECOND
DEDICATED SPD DETECTIVE TO
CONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS INTO
RISKY INDIVIDUALS AND
SITUATIONS WHERE FIREARMS ARE
PRESENT.
THIS UNIT IS A NATIONAL MODEL.
IT IS A FIRST OF ITS KIND MODEL
AND IT IS A MODEL FOR HOW WE
CAN TAKE FIREARMS AWAY FROM SO-
CALLED RED FLAG SITUATIONS, AS
WELL AS INSTANCES OF DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE AND SUICIDE RISK.
I AM EAGER AND EXCITED TO
EXPAND THE CAPACITY OF THE UNIT
TO DO THIS LIFE-SAVING WORK IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH MANY OF OUR
COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIALS AND HOPE THAT YOU
WILL ALL JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING
THIS ADDITION.
>> ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ONE?
WE WANT TO SAY THANKS TO KRIS
ANDERSON.
I KNOW HIS TEAM WAS HERE
YESTERDAY.
THANKS TO ALL WHO HAVE BEEN
INVOLVED IN THIS.
IF YOU WANT TO ADD YOUR NAME AS
COSPONSORS, RAISE YOUR HAND.
GOOD.
76.
>> ITEM 76 IS A STATEMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT FROM
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD THAT
WOULD REQUEST THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT DEVELOP A
CITYWIDE APPROACH TO COLLECT
AND REPORT ON THEFT, DAMAGE OR
VANDALISM OF CITY ASSETS,
INCLUDING COPPER WIRE THEFT AND
DAMAGE CAUSED WITH THE THEFT OF
COPPER WIRE.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, BECAUSE
BOTH OF THEM ARE YOURS, YOU
WANT TO TALK ABOUT 76 AND 77?
>> THEY ARE CONNECTED.
THESE TWO STATEMENTS OF
LEGISLATIVE INTENT ARE RELATED.
WE ARE ASKING FOR TWO DIFFERENT
BODIES OF WORK.
THIS REQUEST STEMS FROM
CONSTITUENT CASEWORK I HAVE
DONE AND IN DOING SO,
RESPONDING TO CONSTITUENT
REQUESTS FOR STREETLIGHT REPAIR
OR PARK LIGHTING REPAIR OR
REPAIR OF LIGHTS THAT ARE
MISSING ON BRIDGES OR UNDER
BRIDGES, WE HAVE NOTICED A
TREND.
THAT TREND IS A PATTERN OF
COPPER WIRE THEFT.
WE HAVE USED THE BUDGET PROCESS
TO TRY TO GET A HANDLE ON HOW
MUCH THAT IS COSTING THE CITY
AND WE ARE LOOKING AT SHEAR
THEFT FROM SEATTLE CITY LIGHT
STREETLIGHTS, 19 LOCATIONS,
COSTING AT LEAST $654,000.
THEFT IN PARKS AT 13 LOCATIONS
COSTING AT LEAST $100,000.
SOME OF THESE THEFTS ARE NOT
BEING REPORTED BY OUR
DEPARTMENTS TO SPD.
AND IT IS INTERESTING.
THE REASON WHY WE FIGURED OUT
THIS WAS HAPPENING IS BECAUSE
WE HAVE PUT IN REQUESTS FOR
STREETLIGHT REPAIR REPEATEDLY
AT THE SAME LOCATIONS.
SO SEATTLE CITY LIGHT HAS GONE
OUT, MADE THE REPAIRS.
A FEW MONTHS LATER THEY HAVE TO
GO OUT AGAIN AND SO AGAIN, IT
IS MAKING US REALIZE THAT THERE
IS A PATTERN THAT WE NEED TO
HAVE SOME SORT OF RESPONSE TO
THAT PATTERN AND WE HAVE DONE A
LITTLE RESEARCH AS IT RELATES
SPECIFICALLY TO THE REGULATION
OF SCRAP METAL.
BUSINESSES.
SO WE HAVE A TWO PRONG
APPROACH.
ONE, WE ARE ASKING THAT SPD
DEVELOP A CITYWIDE APPROACH TO
COLLECT AND REPORT ON WIRE
THEFT, DAMAGE OR VANDALISM OF
CITY ASSETS, INCLUDING THE
THEFT OF COPPER WIRE AND DAMAGE
CAUSED TO INFRASTRUCTURE DURING
THE THEFT.
SO DEPARTMENTS KNOW THEY NEED
TO MAKE THESE REPORTS, SO SPD
CAN QUANTIFY NOT JUST THE COST,
BUT GET A HANDLE ON THE
PATTERNS WHERE THIS IS
HAPPENING.
IT ALSO RECOMMENDS HOW CITY
DEPARTMENTS CAN MOST
EFFECTIVELY TRACK DAMAGE TO
CITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND WE ALSO
REQUEST A RECOMMENDATION FROM
SPD AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS ON
HOW ALL THE DEPARTMENTS CAN
WORK TOGETHER TO DETER THEFT
AND IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS
FREQUENT DEFENDERS OF COPPER
WIRE THEFT.
THE SECOND SLIDE RELATES
SPECIFICALLY TO THE OBLIGATIONS
UNDER STATE LAW OF SCRAP METAL
RECYCLING BUSINESSES.
THAT IS WHERE A LOT OF TIMES,
FOLKS TAKE THE STOLEN COPPER
WIRE.
AND GET PAID FOR IT.
BUT THOSE, MUCH LIKE PAWNSHOPS,
AS A WAY TO DETER THEFT, THERE
ARE REQUIREMENTS IN STATE LAW
FOR THE THINGS THAT THOSE
BUSINESSES ARE REQUIRED,
RECORDS THEY ARE REQUIRED TO
MAINTAIN.
SO SPECIFICALLY, THEY ARE
SUPPOSED TO MAINTAIN ACCURATE
RECORDS OF THE TRANSACTIONS AND
THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE
INTERNAL POLICIES WITHIN THE
DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THEY
ARE NOT BUYING STOLEN METALS.
SO THIS SLI ASKS THAT SPD
EXAMINE THE RECORDS OF THE
BUSINESSES THAT DO SCRAP METAL
RECYCLING AND WE HAVE DONE SOME
RESEARCH.
THERE ARE HALF A DOZEN.
>> 8.
>> SO THEY ARE REQUIRED TO
MAINTAIN THESE RECORDS AND
ALLOW LAW ENFORCEMENT TO REVIEW
THESE RECORDS, BUT TO OUR
KNOWLEDGE, THAT HAS NOT BEEN
HAPPENING IN A WAY THAT IS
SYSTEMATIC, SO WE ARE ASKING
THAT SPD GO OUT AND DO SO FOR
ALL 8 BUSINESSES AND WORK WITH
THOSE BUSINESSES TO SEE WHETHER
OR NOT THEIR INTERNAL PRACTICES
ARE SUFFICIENT TO DETER THE
PURCHASE OF STOLEN WIRE.
>> GOOD, THANK YOU.
YOU WANT TO VOTE ON THESE
INDIVIDUALLY?
>> WHATEVER IS EASIEST FOR
STAFF.
>> OKAY.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADD
YOUR NAMES AS A COSPONSOR TO
THESE TWO ITEMS, RAISE YOUR
HAND?
OKAY, VERY GOOD.
CONGRATULATIONS, WE HAVE GONE
THROUGH 77.
FOR THOSE OF YOU IN THE
AUDIENCE WATCHING AND YOU THINK
THAT THIS WAS LONG, WE HAVE
GONE THROUGH 197 ITEMS IN THE
LAST THREE DAYS, SO WELL DONE,
TEAM.
I KNOW, REALLY.
BOWING, BOWING.
THANK YOU.
SO WE HAVE OVER 50 SPEAKERS.
WE ARE GOING TO ASK YOU TO STAY
WITHIN ONE MINUTE AND ONE OF MY
COLLEAGUES JUST WHISPERED TO ME
THAT THERE WILL BE A PRIZE FOR
THE MOST PERSUASIVE, SHORTEST
SPEECH.
>> OH NO, A TWIST.
>> VERY NICE.
SO WE HAVE JANICE WILSON,
DENNIS SAXMAN, PEGGY OATES,
BRUCE, IN THAT ORDER.
SO, JANICE, AND IF MORE PEOPLE
ARE SIGNING UP, THAT WILL TAKE
US TO OVER 60 NOW.
MAYBE GETTING CLOSE TO 70.
OKAY.
YOU CAN TAKE ANYONE OF THOSE
THREE MICROPHONES.
JANICE.
DOING NOT HAVE SPEAKER NUMBER
ONE?
IS YOUR NAME JANICE?
OKAY, THEN GRAB A MICROPHONE,
MY DEAR.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS JANICE
úWILSON.
I AM AN ADVOCATE, LEARNING TO
BE A LOBBYIST.
I CAME HERE BECAUSE I AM
INTERESTED IN BEING CREATIVELY
CONSTRUCTIVE ABOUT HOW TO HELP
GAP IN GOVERNMENT CORPORATIONS,
BUSINESSES, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
ALL OF WE THE PEOPLE AND ME THE
PEOPLE, OF COURSE.
I RAN INTO JONATHAN, I FORGOT
THE SMART WALL, THE 31.
I HAVE A LOT TO SAY, BUT I WILL
KEEP IT REAL SHORT ABOUT THE
SAMARITAN BEACON PROGRAM.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE HAVE
THEIR OWN INDEPENDENCE.
TO BE HOMELESS AND BEGAN TO
BREATHE AGAIN.
TO PARTNER UP.
EVEN TO GO IN A STORE AND START
BUYING SOMETHING OR GO INTO A
PUBLIC PLACE, A RESTAURANT OF
SOME SORT, AND HAVE A COMMUNAL
MEETING OR FOOD.
TO APPRECIATE THAT PART OF
PARTNERSHIP.
>> I'M GOING TO HAVE TO ASK YOU
TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF YOUR
SENTENCE.
YOUR LAST SENTENCE, PLEASE.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING.
--, DENNIS AND PEGGY.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS
PATRICIA ALLEN, I WORK AT THE
COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS,
AS WELL AS THE CHIEF SEATTLE
CLUB COMMITTEE ADVOCATE.
I AM HERE TODAY TO URGE YOU TO
VOTE YES TO THE GREEN SHEETS
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
OUR REQUEST IS TO EXPAND
CONTRACTS BY ONE DOLLAR DAYS I
MEAN BY $1.22 MILLION.
CITY HALL SITS ON JOSE LISH
LAND.
WE LIVE IN ONE OF THE MOST --
AS YOU KNOW, AMERICAN INDIANS
AND ALASKA NATIVES ARE 10 TIMES
MORE LIKELY TO BE HOMELESS THAN
THE REST OF THE POPULATION.
WE HAVE THE HIGHEST RATES OF
BEING UN-SHELTERED.
WE HAVE THE LOWEST RATES OF
MOVING INTO HOUSING.
FOR DECADES WE HAVE DEPENDED ON
PROVIDERS -- THEY ONLY HAVE A
24% SUCCESS RATE MOVING NATIVES
INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.
IN 2018, CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB
RECEIVED TRADITIONAL FUNDING.
WE NOW HAVE ALMOST 2 YEARS OF
DATA.
OUR SUCCESS RATE FOR RAPID
REHOUSING IS 90%.
OUR SUCCESS RATE FOR HOMELESS
PREVENTION IS 97%.
WE SPEND AN AVERAGE $1151 PER
HOUSEHOLD FOR DIVERSION TO
QUICKLY MOVE PEOPLE OUT OF
HOMELESSNESS.
>> EXCUSE ME.
EXCUSE ME.
>> YEAH, SORRY.
ANYWAY.
>> YOU DID GREAT.
AND WE HAVE ALREADY VOTED FOR
IT.
IN TERMS OF GETTING A FULL ON
COSPONSORSHIP, SO WE ARE
CONVINCED.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I CAN STOP CALLING YOU ON THIS.
>> NEVER STOP, WE LOVE YOU
CALLING.
DENNIS, DENNIS STILL HERE?
PEGGY, I KNOW YOU ARE HERE.
LET ME JUST NAME A FEW MORE
NAMES.
BRUCE, KATIE WILSON, LAURA LOW,
BERNSTEIN.
PLEASE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON
COUNCILMEMBERS, MY NAME IS
PEGGY AND I AM A NICKELSVILLE
FOUNDER AND PIONEER.
WE PIONEERED THE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGE PROGRAM OVER A DECADE
AGO.
WE FOUGHT WITH THE CITY TO
PROVIDE SHELTER THAT WOULD
ACCEPT CITIES -- FAMILIES AND
PETS.
WE KNOW WE CAN OPERATE TWO TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES WITH THE SAME
SERVICES FOR THE COST OF ONE
TINY HOUSE VILLAGE.
THANK YOU FOR VOTING IN FAVOR
OF THE INTENTION TO BUILD 20
MORE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES, BUT
YOU MUST DO MORE THAN EXPRESS
AN INTENTION.
YOU KNOW THE ROAD THAT IS PAVED
WITH INTENTIONS.
YOU MUST DO MORE THAN OPEN ONE
NEW TINY HOUSE VILLAGE.
WE MUST INCREASE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES DRAMATICALLY BEFORE
MORE HOMELESS PEOPLE DIE
OUTSIDE.
PLEASE DON'T SPEND MONEY TO
SHUT DOWN TWO TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES, STOPPING EXPANSION
AND SOLIDIFYING ONE CORPORATE
MONOPOLY.
SHIFT THE $1.2 MILLION IN
SHUTDOWN MONEY IN THE WAY
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT CALLED
FOR, TO START MORE TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES RUN FOR THE PEOPLE AND
BY THE PEOPLE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, PEGGY.
>> BRUCE, LAURA BERNSTEIN, AND
THEN JOLENE --
>> GOOD AFTERNOON CITY
COUNCILMEMBERS.
I AM LEAVING THE VILLAGE,
DENIED CASE MANAGEMENT BECAUSE
I'VE SPOKEN THE TRUTH.
MY CHARACTER ASSASSINATED
BECAUSE I HAVE SPOKEN THE
TRUTH.
THE MONOPOLIZATION OF TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES IS THE TRUTH FOR NOW.
THIS BOILS DOWN TO ONE SIMPLE
THING, DESIRE.
DO YOU HAVE THE DESIRE TO SOLVE
THE HOMELESS CRISIS IN SEATTLE?
I BELIEVE YOU DO, BUT YOU HAVE
TO RECOGNIZE ONE SIZE DOES NOT
FIT ALL.
SELF MANAGED VILLAGES OF PROVEN
COST-EFFECTIVE.
THE MONEY SPENT TO AND SELF-
MANAGEMENT COULD'VE BEEN USED
TO OPEN ANOTHER VILLAGE.
IT IS A FUNDAMENTAL
CONTRADICTION TO CLOSE TWO TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES AND ONLY OPEN
ONE.
HOW DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
YOU CAN DO BETTER AND YOU MUST.
ONE NEW VILLAGE VERSUS 20.
I KNOW YOU HAVE THE DESIRE, NOW
IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THE
PEOPLE.
COMPROMISE AMONG YOURSELVES AND
HAVE THE DESIRE SOMEWHERE IN
THE MIDDLE.
THE TRUTH IS BEEN SILENCED BUT
WILL ALWAYS FIND A WAY.
IT ALWAYS DOES.
IT IS WAITING FOR YOU TO HAVE
THE DESIRE TO LISTEN.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GIVE THAT MAN A TWIX.
>> I LIKE IT.
ALL RIGHT KATIE WILSON.
BRUCE GOGOL, WELL DONE.
ALL RIGHT, KATIE.
>> NICE THROW.
KEEP GOING.
>> HI, COUNCILMEMBERS.
I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE
TRANSIT RIDERS UNION.
WE WOULD LIKE TO BRIEFLY
EXPRESS OUR SUPPORT FOR SEVERAL
ITEMS.
WE SUPPORT FIVE A1, REQUESTING
A REPORT ON SUBSIDIZING TRANSIT
PASSES.
WE BELIEVE THIS IS NECESSARY TO
BE CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S
CLIMATE GOALS, REDUCE
CONGESTION AND ACHIEVE
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY.
WE SUPPORT FUNDING FOR MOBILE
PITSTOPS AND MORE FUNDING FOR
TINY HOUSE VILLAGES.
FINALLY I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS
OUR SUPPORT FOR DEDICATING
MONEY TO SUPPORT THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY AGENDA.
WE THINK IT IS SUPER IMPORTANT
THAT ALL THE WORK THAT HAS GONE
INTO THE EQUITY AGENDA SO FAR
IS IMPLEMENTED DEPARTMENTWIDE
AND THIS FUNDING WILL HELP
THAT.
WE ALSO SUPPORT THE COALITION
PRIORITIES THAT SOME OF MY
COLLEAGUES WILL BE SPEAKING
ABOUT SHORTLY.
THANK YOU.
>> KATIE, THANK YOU.
LAURA LOW BERNSTEIN, JOLENE
HOSS, AND THEN FRANCESCA.
DO WE HAVE LAURA LOW?
RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU ARE OUT
THERE.
OKAY.
JOLENE.
>> SHE'S JOLENE, I'M HOSS.
>> DOESN'T LOOK LIKE YOU, BUT
GLAD TO HAVE YOU.
>> I APOLOGIZE, I AM DOCTOR
PERKINS, CONSULTANT TO THE
TRIED AND THIS IS ONE OF OUR
COALITION PARTNERS.
MS. HOSS HAD TO LEAVE --
>> IT'S OKAY.
>> SHE HAD IMPORTANT BUSINESS,
BUT SHE WANTED US TO STAND
AROUND AND HANG AROUND AND JUST
THANK THE CITY COUNCILMEMBERS
FOR SPONSORING THE LEGISLATION
AND ON BEHALF OF THE TRIBE, WE
THANK YOU.
MS. GONZALEZ AND MS. MOSQUEDA,
IN 100 YEARS WHO HAVE MADE
HISTORY LIKE THOSE BICYCLES
YOU TALKED ABOUT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING
ABOUT, SO CONGRATULATIONS,
OKAY.
>> AND THIS IS FOR THE MARGINAL
WAY SAFETY PROJECT.
ALSO IF YOU NEED ANY HELP IN
THAT RESEARCH ON STOLEN COPPER
WIRE, SEVERAL HUNDRED BIKE
RIDERS WILL HAVE A VERY DARK
RIDE UNDER THE SPOKANE STREET
VIADUCT IN A FEW MINUTES WHERE
THAT WIRE HAS BEEN STOLEN.
WE CAN TELL YOU WHO STOLE IT,
WHERE THEY STOLE IT AND WHERE
IT IS HAPPENING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, BOTH.
FRANCESCA.
>> HI, YES, I AM FRANCESCA.
AND SOPHIA HERE IS SPEAKER
NUMBER 12, WE ARE TOGETHER.
>> OKAY.
>> HI, MY NAME IS FRANCESCA.
I'M THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
MANAGER.
I AM A BOARD MEMBER --
>> I AM SOPHIA LOCKLEAR, A
MEMBER OF THE TRIBE OF NORTH
CAROLINA, BUT I WAS BORN AND
RAISED IN SEATTLE AND THEY WORK
AT THE SEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH
BOARD.
WE ARE HERE REPRESENTING THE
SEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH BOARD AND
OUR RESEARCH DIVISION, LED BY
OUR CEO AND CHIEF RESEARCH
OFFICER.
>> WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
YOUR SUPPORT AND COSPONSORSHIP
OF ITEM 70 AND 71.
WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO
EMPHASIZE THAT ON 71 WE ARE
ASKING FOR THIS TO ENSURE THIS
WORK IS TRULY INFORMED AND
GUIDED BY THE NATIVE COMMUNITY.
REQUESTING $175,000 FOR
CONTRACTED SERVICES TO THE
HEALTH BOARD THAT WILL PROVIDE
DATA AND ASSISTANCE IN TRAINING
AND CONSULTATION AND WE THINK
THIS WILL REALLY ENSURE THIS
WORK IS COMMUNITY DIRECTED,
DATA DRIVEN AND CULTURALLY
ATTUNED TO THE NEEDS OF THE
COMMUNITY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE ARE OUT OF TIME, BUT WE
CUT IT DOWN FROM FOUR MINUTES,
SO I EQUATED PRETTY WELL.
>> YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> RICK COOPER, MARK OSTROW,
VIRGINIA --
>> THANK YOU, I AM RICK COOPER,
PRESIDENT OF THE UPTOWN
ALLIANCE, SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF
THE PROJECT.
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW, THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR SPONSORING ITEM
NUMBER 50 AND THANK YOU SO MUCH
COUNCILMEMBERS FOR YOUR GREAT
SUPPORT.
YOU GOT AN EMAIL THIS MORNING
WITH AN UPDATED LIST OF 25 OR
SO SPONSORS IN OUR COALITION.
I WAS GOING TO READ THROUGH A
SAMPLE LIST, BUT I THINK I WILL
PASS ON THAT AND SIMPLY SAY, A
LOT OF FOLKS THINK THIS IS A
REALLY GOOD IDEA AND THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR HELP AT THE
WORKSHOP THAT WE DID IN JULY.
>> HI, MARK, YOU TWO.
>> YES, I WAS THERE, TOO.
MY NAME IS MARK OSTROW AND I AM
HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT AND
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF
THE THOMAS STREET DESIGN.
THOMAS STREET IS AN ESSENTIAL
PEDESTRIAN LINK BETWEEN SOUTH
LAKE UNION AND THE NEW ARENA.
CURRENTLY SEATTLE IS PROJECTING
THAT MORE THAN HALF OF THE
PEOPLE ATTENDING EVENTS AT
KEYARENA WILL ARRIVE BY CAR.
WE KNOW THIS IS UNSUSTAINABLE.
BUILDING A PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY
THOMAS STREET MEANS MORE PEOPLE
WILL WALK FROM WORK.
MORE PEOPLE WILL WALK FROM
HOME.
MORE PEOPLE WILL WALK FROM
TRANSIT AND MORE PEOPLE WILL
USE BIKES AND OTHER
NONPOLLUTING MODES TO GET TO
EVENTS AT THE ARENA.
SO THIS IS A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME
OPPORTUNITY AND I THINK ALL OF
YOU FOR Y█OUR SUPPORT.
>> GREAT, THANKS FOR COMING.
VIRGINIA ERICKSON, REVEREND PAT
SIMPSON, CLARA, JOHN PEARSON,
YOU HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG
TIME.
DID YOU SIGN UP?
ALL RIGHT, I AM GOING TO PUT
YOU RIGHT INTO BOB DONEGAN
SPOT, BECAUSE HE HAS LEFT.
VIRGINIA, REVEREND, AND THEN
CLARA.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I AM HERE REPRESENTING
UNIVERSITY TEMPLE UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH AND I
APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT FOR
ITEM 72, ESTABLISHING THE
EMPHASIS PATROL IN THE
UNIVERSITY DISTRICT.
OUR CHURCH HAS THE DUBIOUS
HONOR OF HAVING IT SAID THAT WE
HAVE THE MOST DANGEROUS ALLEY
IN THE UNIVERSITY DISTRICT.
WELL, OUR BACKGROUND IS THAT WE
PROVIDE SERVICES TO EIGHT
NONPROFITS PROVIDING SERVICES
TO THOSE IN NEED.
OVER THE PAST -- AND WE WANT TO
CONTINUE THAT, BY THE WAY.
BUT OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, A
MORE DANGEROUS ELEMENT HAS
MOVED INTO OUR ALLEY.
VIOLENCE AND DRUG DEALERS, WHO
IN PARTICULAR PRAY ON YOUTH FROM
THE ROOTS YOUTH HOMELESSNESS
COUNSEL.
WE HAVE TAKEN MANY STEPS
INCLUDING SECURITY GUARDS.
EVERYTHING CULMINATED ON AUGUST
14, WHEN A YOUTH WAS SURROUNDED
BY SIX AND STABBED TO DEATH.
THINGS ARE BETTER WHEN THE
GUARDS ARE THERE, BUT THERE ARE
GAPS.
WE HAVE THEM COMING EIGHT HOURS
A DAY.
WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO EMPLOY
THEM.
WE NEED HELP.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THIS SECURITY PATROL WOULD
BE ONE OF THE SOLUTIONS TO
HELPING US CONTINUE TO SUPPORT
SERVICES.
>> INC.
YOU FOR COMING AND THANK YOU
FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
REVEREND PAT SIMPSON.
>> HI, SAME CHURCH, SAME ALLEY.
IN THE UNIVERSITY DISTRICT.
IN REFERENCE TO ITEM 20, WE ARE
DOING OUTREACH WORK FUNDED BY
BBA MONEY.
WE WANT THAT TO CONTINUE AS IT
DEPENDS ON THE BUILDING OF
RELATIONSHIPS TO BE EFFECTIVE.
IN RELATION TO THE ROOTS
SHELTER RELOCATION, WE ARE
THRILLED THEY ARE MOVING OUT OF
THE CHURCH INTO A NEW HOME
AMONG THE FRATERNITIES.
WE THINK THEY WILL IMPROVE THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THESE FUNDS, FOR ONE TIME HELP
GETTING THE FACILITY READY FOR
UPGRADED SERVICES, THAT WILL
IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR YOUNG
PEOPLE, IS VERY HELPFUL.
AND FINALLY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS.
IS OPEN TO STARTING A VEHICLE
RESIDENCY CAMP AND WE ARE
CONSIDERING HELPING, SO PLEASE
SAY YES.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
JOHN PEARSON.
>> HI, I AM SPEAKING -- FIRST,
SALLY, THANK YOU FOR SPONSORING
THIS AND THE REST OF YOU
COUNCILMEMBERS FOR SUPPORTING
HER.
THIS IS A COMMUNITY DRIVEN
PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP TO
BUILD A GREAT PEDESTRIAN
CORRIDOR FROM THE PIKE PLACE
MARKET, THROUGH THE MOST
RAPIDLY GROWING, DENSELY
POPULATED PART OF THE CITY.
IT HAS PUBLIC MONEY -- PRIVATE
MONEY OF ABOUT $300,000.
COMPETITIVE GRANTS OF ABOUT
$200,000.
THIS WILL FINISH OFF CAPITAL
FUNDING.
I HOPE IN YOUR FUTURE
DELIBERATIONS YOU WILL BE ABLE
TO SUPPORT IT AND THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING AND
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE ALL
DAY.
CLARA CANTOR, MARK, AND THEN IT
LOOKS LIKE MAUREEN AND MASON.
>> THANK YOU, HI CLARA.
>> HI, MY NAME IS CLARA CANTOR.
I WANT TO EXPRESS EXTREME
GRATITUDE TO THE COUNCIL FOR
ALL OF YOUR ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT
FOR SO MANY OF THE PEDESTRIAN
AND BIKE FOCUSED PIECES TODAY.
IT IS SUPER IMPORTANT FOR
CLIMATE, FOR SAFETY, AS YOU
HIGHLIGHTED, AND ALSO FOR
EQUITY IN THE CITY.
I ALSO WANT TO THROW OUR SUPPORT
BEHIND THE HOME ZONES, SOUTH
PARK TRAIL AND BEACON HILL
PROJECTS IN PARTICULAR AND ALL
THE OTHER PROJECTS YOU HAVE
HEARD ABOUT THROUGH OTHER
PUBLIC COMMENT OVER THE PAST
COUPLE OF WEEKS AND TODAY.
I JUST WANT TO TALK
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE TWO
SLI'S.
THE ALTERNATE EVALUATION FOR
STREETS AND THE COMPLETE
STREETS POLICY.
BOTH OF THESE ARE A LITTLE BIT
WONKY, BUT THEY WILL TRULY BE
TRANSFORMATIONAL AND HOW WE ARE
PLANNING FOR AND DESIGNING AND
EVALUATING STREETS GOING
FORWARD IN THE HOPE WE CAN
CREATE THE KIND OF URBAN UTOPIA
THAT COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ WAS
SPEAKING ABOUT.
>> THANK YOU.
MARK, MAUREEN -- IS IT MAUREEN
AND MASON?
OKAY.
DON, PERRY.
GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
>> HI, MY NAME IS MARK CRAWFORD
AND I AM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR
A LOCAL COMMUNITY SERVICE NOT-
FOR-PROFIT.
I'M HERE TO ASK FOR YOUR
SUPPORT FOR ITEM 20, A TWO-YEAR
COMMITMENT TO FUND 60% OF THE
COSTS OF DEPLOYING REACH MENTAL
HEALTH DRUG ADDICTION OUTREACH
WORKERS.
I TESTIFIED ON THIS PROGRAM
LAST WEEK, SO I WON'T REPEAT
THE DETAILS RIGHT NOW.
HOWEVER THE PROGRAM IS
COMPLETING ITS PILOT PHASE.
IT IS PROVING HIGHLY EFFECTIVE
AND ENJOYS WIDESPREAD SUPPORT.
THE SUPPORT IS STRONG ENOUGH
THAT WE CAN COMMIT TO THE
REMAINING COSTS.
IT IS EFFECTIVE BECAUSE WORKERS
CREATE RELATIONSHIPS WITH
INDIVIDUALS.
INDIVIDUALS WHO CANNOT NAVIGATE
OUR COMPLEX SERVICE SYSTEMS AND
ARE DISTRUSTFUL OF THOSE
SYSTEMS OR DON'T KNOW WHERE TO
TURN.
DAVID DAHL GATO, WHO TESTIFIED
LAST WEEK, HAD TREMENDOUS
SUCCESS.
PLEASE HELP MAKE THIS
PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
POSSIBLE AND A QUICK SHOUT OUT
OF SUPPORT -- AND THE
INFRASTRUCTURE REQUEST FOR THE
45th INTERSECTION.
WE SUPPORT BOTH AS WELL.
THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, MAUREEN AND
MASON.
SO IF YOU'LL GIVE THEM TWO
MINUTES, PLEASE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, I AM MAUREEN
YOUNG WITH THE UNIVERSITY
HEIGHTS CENTER AND I AM HERE
AGAIN TO SUPPORT THE SAFE LOT
ON OUR PROPERTY TO REACH THE
OVER 2100 MINIMUM VEHICLE
RESIDENCY IN OUR AREA.
SAFE LOTS ARE A PROVEN METHOD
ACROSS THE WEST COAST AND BEYOND
TO NOT ONLY GIVE FOLKS A SAFE
PLACE TO SLEEP, BUT A PATHWAY
TO HOUSING.
THIS PROPOSED PROJECT WILL
ESSENTIALLY BE SURROUNDING
VEHICLE RESIDENCE WITH A
SHELTER MODEL WITH CASE
MANAGEMENT AND HYGIENE
SERVICES.
THESE RESIDENTS ARE OFTEN
FORCED TO CHOOSE BETWEEN PAYING
RENT AND FOR THEIR CARS AND THE
CARS OFTEN OFFER THE ONLY
STABILITY AND TRANSPORTATION TO
WORK.
THIS CAN BE THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN SOMEONE WHO IS NEARLY
HOMELESS FROM FALLING FURTHER
INTO POVERTY ARE GETTING BACK
ON THEIR FEET.
WE NEED TO MEET THESE FOLKS AND
KNOW WHERE THEY ARE WHEN
HOUSING BECOMES AVAILABLE.
NEW HEIGHTS IS ALSO SUPPORTIVE
OF THE REACH PROGRAM.
WE HAVE NOTICED A TREMENDOUS
DIFFERENCE WITH OUR SOCIAL
WORKER DAVID DELGADO.
IT HAS BEEN A WIN-WIN FOR OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE ARE IN
SUPPORT OF THE COMPARATIVE
WORTH ANALYSIS AS WELL AS THE
EMPHASIS PATROLS THAT ARE VERY
MUCH NEEDED.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HI, MASON WILEY, I AM THE
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT
FREQUENTLY COMES UP WHEN WE SAY
WE WANT TO OPEN A SAFE LOT IS
WHY DON'T THE PEOPLE IN THEIR
CARS GO TO SHELTERS?
THERE ARE PRACTICAL REASONS WHY
THEY DON'T.
TWO YOU CAN THINK OF IS A
FAMILY.
THEY ARE OFTEN SPLIT UP IN THE
SHELTERS.
I THINK IF YOU HAVE A FAMILY,
YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY YOU
WOULDN'T TAKE THAT OPTION.
ANOTHER REASON IS THAT THE CAR
IS THEIR MOST PRIZED
POSSESSION, SO IT IS SOMETHING
THEY WANT TO BE NEAR, BECAUSE
IT CAN BE TOWED, TAKEN OR
BROKEN INTO, SO FOR THOSE
REASONS THEY END UP IN THEIR
CARS, BUT THEY DON'T GET THE
SAME SERVICES PEOPLE IN THE
SHELTERS TYPICALLY DO, SO FOR
THAT REASON I THINK THE SAFE
LOT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO GIVE A
SHOUT OUT TO ROOTS.
WE DO A LOT OF WORK WITH THEM,
AS WELL, AND SUPPORT THEM TOO.
>> THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU AND I
APPRECIATE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND
WHY PEOPLE SLEEP IN THEIR CARS.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T GET IT,
BUT YOU DO, THANK YOU.
DAWN PERRY AND THEN KIM,
TALKING ABOUT THE SHUTTLE.
>> THANKS FOR THIS CHANCE TO
SPEAK.
I OWN AND OPERATE A SMALL
BUSINESS ON 45th AVENUE
NORTHEAST, THE INTERSECTION
WITH EIGHTH.
I AM HERE REPRESENTING THE
VOICES OF EIGHT BUSINESSES, AS
WELL AS 1900 RESIDENCE WHO HAVE
GIVEN ME THEIR NAMES AND EMAIL
ADDRESSES IN SUPPORT OF
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO'S REQUEST
FOR $200,000 FOR PEDESTRIAN
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE DISTRICT.
SPECIFICALLY WE ARE LOOKING FOR
A SAFE CROSSWALK.
I SEE THIS OUT THE WINDOW OF MY
BUSINESS EVERY DAY.
PEOPLE ARE RUNNING ACROSS THE
STREET, DODGING CARS.
PEOPLE HAVE DOGS GOING FROM THE
VET DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET.
PEOPLE HAVE KIDS GOING TO THE
DAYCARE THAT IS RIGHT THERE AND
FEDEX IS ALSO THERE, SO WE SEE
FOLKS RUNNING ACROSS THE
STREET.
THERE IS NO SAFE ALTERNATIVE.
IT CAN TAKE EIGHT MINUTES TO DO
A DIRECT CROSSING IN THAT AREA.
IT IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR
PEDESTRIANS.
I PERSONALLY WITNESSED A WOMAN
GO FLYING WHEN SHE WAS HIT BY A
CAR.
IT IS ALSO VERY DANGEROUS FOR
DRIVERS.
ONCE YOU ARE DRIVING DOWN THIS
GAUNTLET, YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHEN
A PEDESTRIAN WILL HOP OUT FROM
BEHIND THE VAN AND GET HIT.
SO PLEASE SUPPORT THIS REQUEST
AND PLEASE SUPPORT THE 1900
PEOPLE WHO HAVE ASKED FOR THIS
SAFE CROSSWALK.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> TIM, THEN NAOMI, JESSICA
McCOY.
>> HI, THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
BAGSHAW.
I'M THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIRECTOR
AT THE SEATTLE AQUARIUM AND I
AM HERE TO SUPPORT THE FREE
SHUTTLE FOR THE SEATTLE
WATERFRONT.
I HAVE PREPARED COMMENTS FOR
TWO MINUTES AND I AM A LOUSY
EDITOR, SO I WILL CEMENT THOSE
IN WRITING, BUT I ALSO WANTED
TO OFFER OVER 5200 SIGNATURES
WE HAVE SUPPORTING THE FREE
SHUTTLE ALONG THE WATERFRONT.
IT HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS
SERVICE.
WE HAVE LOOKED FOR
TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS ALONG
THE WATERFRONT FOR A LONG TIME.
THIS ONE WORKS.
IT CARRIED NEARLY 400,000
PASSENGERS IN THE FIRST YEAR,
FOR A COMPARISON, THAT IS ABOUT
HALF THE ANNUAL ATTENDANCE FOR
THE AQUARIUM.
WE BELIEVE STRONGLY IN IT THAT
IT IS A MUCH NEEDED ALTERNATIVE
FOR PEOPLE DRIVING SINGLE-USE
CARS TO THE WATERFRONT AND
BEING ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO
THE WATERFRONT, PIONEER SQUARE
NEIGHBORHOODS, THE MARKET AND
SEATTLE SOUND.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, TIM.
NAOMI, JESSICA McCOY, AND THEN
A WHOLE LIST OF FIRST NAMES,
WHICH I WILL READ.
OKAY.
BE SURE TO HOLD UP THE SIGN
WHEN THEY GET TO THE END OF THE
MINUTE.
GO AHEAD.
>> MY NAME IS NAOMI AND I AM A
STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON AND A VOLUNTEER AT
THE LOW INCOME HOUSING
INSTITUTE.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE
COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONTINUED
SUPPORT FOR TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO
COMMUNITY MEMBERS, SUPPORTIVE
SERVICE PROVIDERS AND RESIDENTS
AND THEIR VOICES.
YOU CONTINUE TO SHOW UP FOR A
COMMUNITY THAT MATTERS, SO
THANK YOU.
I JUST WANT TO SAY, KNOW THAT
YOUR SUPPORT MATTERS, YOUR
DECISIONS MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND
THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM FOR HEART
AND GOVERNMENT.
THANK YOU, CONTINUE THIS WORK --
>> WELL DONE.
GIVE THAT WOMAN A TWIX.
THANK YOU.
SO, AND YOUR NAME IS?
>> JESSICA McCOY.
>> THANK YOU, JESSICA.
CAN I GIVE YOU THE LIST OF
FIRST NAMES AND I DON'T EVEN
KNOW IF PEOPLE ARE HERE.
EMILY, RAVEN, ROBERT, ALBERT,
CHRISTINA AND CRYSTAL LYNN.
ANYBODY HERE BY THOSE NAMES?
OKAY.
PLEASE, GO AHEAD, JESSICA.
>> HI, I AM JESSICA McCOY, THE
COO OF SAMARITAN.
THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO
PROPOSAL 12 A1, THE SMART
WALLET PILOT.
úI HAVE A STATEMENT FROM A
HOUSED RESIDENT THAT SUPPORTED
AN UN-HOUSED PARTICIPANT.
HELLO SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
I AM THE COO OF A LOCAL STARTUP
AND LIVED IN THE AREA FOR THE
LAST 20 YEARS.
FOR MUCH OF THE LAST 5+ YEARS
I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE
UNION GOSPEL MISSION AND THEIR
SEARCH AND RESCUE BANDS.
I BELIEVE THE SEARCH AND RESCUE
BANDS FILL AN IMPORTANT ROLE,
BUT I HAVE SHIFTED MY SUPPORT
TO SAMARITAN AND THEIR BEACON
PROGRAM.
OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS I HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO SAFELY FINANCIALLY
SUPPORT DOZENS OF PEOPLE IN
NEED AND CREATE PERSONAL
RELATIONSHIPS AND CONNECTIONS
WITH PEOPLE.
CRYSTAL LYNN, HERE TODAY, IS
ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE.
WHILE I HAVE NOT MET
PERSONALLY, WE COMMUNICATE VIA
THE APP QUITE OFTEN AND I AM
ABLE TO ENSURE HER BASIC NEEDS
AND OCCASIONAL SPECIAL NEEDS
ARE MET.
IT IS MY HOPE THESE
RELATIONSHIPS CAN BE A SOURCE
OF OPTIMISM.
MY GOAL IS TO CONTINUE TO
SUPPORT THESE INDIVIDUALS AS WE
NAVIGATE AND CREATE SOLUTIONS
THAT CAN KEEP PEOPLE OFF THE
STREETS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SOLUTIONS --
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE HAVE ONE MORE ROUND ON
NAMES.
EMILY, RAVEN, KEN, ROBERT,
ALBERT, CHRISTINA AND CRYSTAL,
WE KNOW IS HERE.
>> THANK YOU, I PUT MY NAME ON
THERE TWICE, I AM VERY SORRY
AND I WILL KEEP THIS SHORT.
I UNDERSTAND THE BUDGET LINE
ITEM ON NUMBER 31, FOR THE
BEACON, WHICH I AM A BEACON
HOLDER, IS $175,000.
I CAN'T IMAGINE MORE
SATISFACTION FOR THE PEOPLE YOU
COULD HELP IF YOU PASSED THAT
BUDGET TO SUPPORT 750 BEACONS,
SO THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL.
>> THANK YOU.
WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
>> DO I WIN A TWIX?
>> YOU DID.
AND WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
>> EMILY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS
EMILY AND I AM A COMMUNITY
ADVOCATE IN SOUTH SEATTLE AND
ALSO A PARTNER PROVIDER FOR
SAMARITAN.
I HAVE UTILIZED SAMARITAN
BEACONS SINCE I MOVED TO
SEATTLE IN 2018.
I LIVED IN HAWAII AND ALSO THE
BAY AREA AND SAN FRANCISCO.
UNAFFORDABLE HOUSING IS A
NATIONAL ISSUE.
THE COMMON DENOMINATOR FOR ON
HOUSED FOLKS HAS BEEN TRAUMA,
LACK OF SUPPORT AND LIMITED
RESOURCES GIVEN TO MARGINALIZED
GROUPS.
OUR UN-HOUSED NEIGHBORS ARE NOT
ALL TRANSPLANTS.
SOME OF GROWN UP IN SEATTLE,
SEEN AND EXPERIENCED THE
EFFECTS OF INCOME INEQUALITY,
INCREASING, AND THEIR CHANCES
OF SUCCESS, DECREASING.
AS AN ADVOCATE, I AM THANKFUL
FOR BEACONS NOT ONLY TO CONNECT
FOLKS IN OUTREACH, BUT ALSO
MEETING BASIC NEEDS, ALLOWING
SEATTLE NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITY
PARTNERS TO HAVE GENUINE
CONVERSATIONS AROUND CLIENT
STORIES.
ADDRESSING THEIR NEEDS AND
STARTING THE PROCESS OF
ACHIEVING THEIR GOALS.
IN MY TIME UTILIZING BEACONS
WITH MY CLIENTS, WE HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO PAY FOR BILLS THAT
WOULD'VE STACKED WITH OVERAGES
IF NOT PAID.
AND PAYING FOR FIRST MONTHS
RENT, HOUSING ITEMS TO FILL
THEIR UNIT.
>> THANK YOU MY CAN YOU GIVE US
YOUR LAST SENTENCE.
>> IT IS CREATIVE IN NATURE AND
I AM THANKFUL --
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING.
IS THERE A RAVEN?
OKAY.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS
RAVEN.
I HAVE BEEN A BEACON HOLDER FOR
A COUPLE YEARS.
I HAVE BEEN ON THE STREETS FOR
16 YEARS.
THE BEACON HAS HELPED ME PAY
BILLS, HELP ME START MY
BUSINESS BLACKSMITHING AND
HELPED ME GET A JOB WITH
NINTENDO, AS OF TODAY BASICALLY.
I SEE THIS AS A STEP FOR THOSE
WHO ARE HOMELESS TO GET BACK IN
THE COMMUNITY.
THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE ANYTHING
BECAUSE OF WHATEVER.
THE BEACON DOES HELP.
THE BEACON DOES WORK.
I WOULD SUPPORT AND FEEL YOU
GUYS SHOULD, TOO.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR
COMING.
WHAT IS YOUR NAME, SIR?
>> ROBERT BURROWS.
>> GOT IT.
I HAVE A ROBERT TO BE -- YOU
ARE ROBERT,, NOT.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS ROBERT
BURROWS, I AM ALSO A BEACON
HOLDER.
I HAVE BEEN CHRONICALLY
HOMELESS, SEVERAL TIMES.
I GUESS YOU WOULD CALL ME
CHRONICALLY HOMELESS, YOU KNOW,
BUT ANYWAY I AM NOT TRYING TO
JUST SIT AROUND AND DO NOTHING.
I AM GOING TO SCHOOL, I AM A
STUDENT OVER AT SEATTLE
CENTRAL, STUDYING I.T.
NETWORKING AND TRYING TO DO
SOMETHING BETTER WITH MYSELF.
SOMETIMES THERE ARE GAPS
BETWEEN STUDENT LOANS, YOU KNOW,
SO I HAVE BEEN GETTING THE
BEACON FOR PROBABLY A YEAR NOW.
SO SOMETIMES IT REALLY HELPS,
LIKE YESTERDAY, FOR INSTANCE.
I WENT OVER TO GROCERY OUTLET,
UP ON WHATCHAMACALLIT, MARTIN
LUTHER KING, AND I WAS ABLE TO
BUY A FEW THINGS BECAUSE THEY
TAKE MY BEACON.
I JUST GO OVER THERE AND SEE
WHAT'S BEST, YOU KNOW AND WHEN
I CHECK OUT I SAY I AM A BEACON
HOLDER AND THEY PULL OUT THEIR
PHONE.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU, ROBERT.
THANK YOU FOR COMING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> AND WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
ALL RIGHT.
CAN I JUST RUN ANOTHER LIST OF
NAMES HERE?
GLENN, MICHAEL, ANITA, JENNY,
TERRY, DON, APRIL, AND HENRY.
PLEASE, GO AHEAD.
>> NOT ALL HOMELESS'S BEAUTY --
NOT ALL HOMELESS IS FROM A
DESTRUCTIVE LIFE HAPPENING.
THE PROCESS OF HELP IS BROKEN.
FILLING OUT APPLICATION AFTER
APPLICATION I HAVE FOUND MYSELF
IN THE GAPS OF THESE SERVICES
AS I NAVIGATE AND OVERSATURATED
NOT HOUSED POPULATION.
I HAVE NEVER REACHED THE TOP OF
ANY VULNERABILITY HELP LIST.
SOMETIMES IT IS ABOUT MONEY.
MONEY TO MAKE ONE'S OWN CHOICES
IN ORDER TO FIND STRENGTH AND
COURAGE TO FIND RESILIENCY TO
GET OUT OF THEIR SITUATION.
THE SAMARITAN BEACON PROGRAM IS
THE ONLY HELPING SERVICE THAT
IS NOT ABOUT HANDOUTS, BUT HAND
UPS. IT HAS PROVIDED ME THE
DIGNITY OF CHOICE.
DIGNITY NOT GIVEN TO THE KEY
SENSITIZATION OF THE SURPRISING
MASS OF HOMELESSNESS IN SEATTLE.
I AM HERE AS A STRONG EXAMPLE
TO REQUEST SUPPORT FOR THE
SAMARITAN BEACON PROGRAM FOR
MORE FUNDING TO INCREASE BEACON
HOLDER SAYS I BELIEVE THE CITY
NEEDS TO SUPPORT CREATIVE
OPPORTUNITIES NECESSARY FOR THE
VAST PEOPLE BASED PROBLEM.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WELL SAID.
AND WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
ALL RIGHT, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> I WANT TO FIRST SAY THAT I
NEVER CAME TO SEATTLE TO BECOME
DEPENDENT, I CAME HERE TO
BETTER MYSELF.
AND COMING ACROSS SAMARITAN AND
GETTING A BEACON HAS HELPED ME
IN WAYS THAT I THOUGHT WAS NOT
GOING TO BE POSSIBLE.
I AM STILL TRYING TO WORK
THROUGH MY OWN ISSUES.
OBVIOUSLY OBTAINING HOUSING,
BECAUSE I HAVE EVERYTHING ELSE
TAKEN CARE OF.
I AM FOR SUPPORTING 750 MORE
BEACONS TO HELP OTHERS IN NEED
AND FOR THE ONES THAT ARE NOT
INCLUDED, YOU CAN HAVE A ONE-ON-
ONE AND HELP WITH OTHER THINGS,
FOR EXAMPLE THE PHONE BILL OR
WHATEVER, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE
HAVE TO HAVE A PHONE IF WE WANT
TO BETTER OUR LIFE AND WORK.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR
COMING.
>> GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS APRIL JEAN.
I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
I MYSELF RECEIVED A BEACON WHEN
I WAS NEARING THE END OF MY
HOMELESS TRANSITION.
IT WAS LONG AND ONE WHERE I
INCURRED A LOT OF TRAUMA.
I WAS A SURVIVOR OF SEX
TRAFFICKING AND I DIDN'T HAVE A
REAL SOLID IDEA OF HOW TO MAKE
MONEY, OUTSIDE OF THAT INDUSTRY.
AND I WAS HOMELESS AND JUST
NAVIGATING NEW LIFE SKILLS AND
HAVING THE SUPPORT OF
CASEWORKERS THAT I MEET WITH.
I EVEN KNOW OF INSTANCES, LIKE
A FRIEND THAT SUFFERED SO MUCH
TRAUMA THAT SHE HAS AGOURA
PHOBIA, NOT ABLE TO LEAVE HER
HOME AND DEAL WITH HOUSEHOLD
SITUATIONS.
BUT THE BEACON HAS BEEN USED TO
ORDER THINGS FOR HER HOUSEHOLD
AND PERSONAL NEEDS FROM AMAZON
AND DELIVER TO HER.
THEY MEET US WHERE WE ARE AT
AND THEY STAY THE COURSE BEHIND
-- BESIDE US, WHILE WE OVERCOME
HOMELESSNESS.
IT HAS BEEN SUCH AN
ENCOURAGEMENT.
>> THANK YOU, APRIL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING.
COME ON UP, WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
>> MY NAME IS HENRY.
>> THANK YOU, HENRY, FOR BEING
HERE.
>> I AM HERE TO LET EVERYONE
KNOW THAT I APPRECIATE
EVERYTHING THE CITY COUNCIL HAS
BEEN DOING FOR THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND I AM REALLY
GRATEFUL TO BE HERE IN THIS
CITY TODAY, BECAUSE I MOVED
FROM HOUSTON IN 2017 AND I HAVE
BEEN HERE EVER SINCE AND I HAVE
BEEN HAPPY TO BE PART OF THE
CITY.
IT HAS BEEN A BIG LIFT ME UP
SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
I AM GRATEFUL TODAY TO BE ABLE
TO SAY THAT I AM ABLE TO WORK
AND BE ABLE TO FUNCTION AS A
NORMAL HUMAN BEING, AS FAR AS
HAVING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT
I NEED TO.
YOU KNOW, LIKE MONEY FOR FOOD.
MONEY FOR CLOTHING AND STUFF
LIKE THAT.
BEACON SAMARITAN HAS HELPED ME
A WHOLE LOT.
IT HAS ALLOWED ME THE
OPPORTUNITY TO AFFORD EXTRA
THINGS, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS
FOOD AND CLOTHING FOR WORK.
IT IS SOMETHING I FEEL THAT,
YOU KNOW, THIS CITY COULD
REALLY USE, YOU KNOW, TO HELP
THOSE THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO HAVE
EXTRA.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU HENRY.
>> HI, WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
ALL RIGHT DEREK, GOOD TO HAVE
YOU HERE TODAY.
>> THANK YOU.
YOU GUYS ARE DOING A WONDERFUL
JOB IN THE CITY.
THANK GOD FOR YOU AND PEOPLE
LIKE GOOD SAMARITAN.
MY WIFE AND I MOVED UP HERE
FOUR YEARS AGO.
SHE DIED TWO YEARS AGO.
THAT MADE ME BE HOMELESS,
BECAUSE I COULDN'T AFFORD TO
PAY THE RENT, BECAUSE WE WERE
SPLITTING IT, YOU KNOW.
BUT THANK GOD, SHE GOT ME IN
HOUSING.
I AM IN A NICE APARTMENT NOW.
SHE HOOKED ME UP WITH THE
BEACON AND I WAS ABLE TO
FURNISH MY APARTMENT AND BUY
CLOTHES EVERY MONTH.
AND GET GOOD FOOD.
I THINK IT WOULD BENEFIT A LOT
OF PEOPLE AND I JUST THANK GOD
FOR IT.
YOU GUYS DO A GOOD JOB IN THIS
STATE.
I HAVE LIVED IN MANY STATES AND
THIS IS THE BEST ONE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING AND
THAT WAS A VERY NICE UPLIFT FOR
US AT THE END OF THE DAY.
THANK YOU.
ARE THERE OTHER PEOPLE THAT
WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE BEACONS
WHO ARE SIGNED UP?
OKAY.
HONESTLY I HAVE COMPLETELY LOST
CONTROL F THE BEACON SPEAKERS.
SO IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE?
KEN, YOU ARE WELCOME.
KEN, ROBERT, ALBERT, CHRISTINA,
GLENN, MICHAEL, ANITA, TERRY OR
DAWN, IF I MISSED YOU -- OKAY,
NOT HERE?
PLEASE DO, SO WE ARE NOT
WAITING FOR YOU.
COME ON IN AND THEN WE WILL
START WITH THE NEXT LIST THAT
GOES BACK.
PLEASE, COME ON UP.
JONATHAN, YOU MIGHT AS WELL
COME UP, TOO.
IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK, YOU ARE
ABOUT THREE DOWN.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
>> MY NAME IS AVA, I AM A
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVOR AND
A CURRENT BEACON HOLDER.
I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU HOW
THE BEACON HAS HELPED ME GET
CONNECTED WITH COMMUNITY.
PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, ALSO I
HAVE EXPERIENCED AMAZING ACTS
OF KINDNESS FROM GOOD
SAMARITANS ALL OVER THE CITY
THAT USE THIS APP.
IT IS SIMPLY SET UP, SO IT IS
AMAZING HOW IT HAPPENS.
I AM VERY GRATEFUL, PERSONALLY,
AS IT HELPS ME WITH FOOD,
ESSENTIALS, AND AS I GET STABLE
HOUSING.
HERE IS THAT HOUSING WORD,
AGAIN.
SOMETIMES, AS A HUMAN BEING, WE
ALL NEED A LITTLE HELP,
ENCOURAGEMENT, OR TO KNOW THAT
SOMEONE OUT THERE CARES.
THAT HAS BEEN A CASE FOR ME.
I MAY BE NEEDED TO KNOW THAT
THERE WERE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO
DID CARE.
I APPRECIATE THE BEACON.
IT HAS BEEN A BLESSING IN MY
LIFE AND I THANK YOU FOR
LISTENING.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING.
PLEASE, HELLO.
>> I HAVE BEEN A BEACON HOLDER
NOW FOR ONE YEAR PLUS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
PROGRAM.
I AM HERE TO SUPPORT YOU GUYS
AND THE 750 MORE BEACONS.
THANK YOU.
>> PLEASE COME ON UP.
>> MY NAME IS DANIEL MONTROSE
AND WE ARE ONE OF THE
ORGANIZATIONS PARTNERED WITH
BEACON.
I AM HERE TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE
FUND THE 750 NEW BEACONS.
BEING HOMELESS IS A FULL-TIME
JOB.
THERE ARE A LOT OF HOOPS PEOPLE
HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH.
BEACON ASSISTS PEOPLE JUMPING
THROUGH THOSE HOOPS TO DO SO IN
A WAY THEY CAN GET MONEY ON
THEIR BUS TICKETS, TO GET BUS
RIDES TO COME SEE ME, TO GO
MEET WITH HOUSING.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SO MANY
WAYS TO GET TO A JOB IF THEY
HAVE ONE.
TO GET TO TRAINING, IF THEY ARE
IN TRAINING.
TO GET CLOTHING, FOOD, SHELTER.
GET TO A SHELTER.
MOST IMPORTANTLY IT GIVES THEM
HOME AND REMINDS THEM THAT THEY
ARE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY AND
THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THIS
COMMUNITY THAT CARE ABOUT THEM
AND WANT THEM TO SUCCEED.
IT IS THE ONLY RESOURCE I KNOW
WHERE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO BE
IN A SPECIFIC DEMOGRAPHIC TO
RECEIVE IT AND IT GIVES THEM
SOMETHING ALL OF US HAVE EVERY
DAY, THE POWER AND CHOICE OF
HOW WE ARE GOING TO GET OUR
NEEDS MET.
A LOT OF TIMES IT IS THE PEOPLE
IN POWER, THE FUNDERS, AND US
DECIDING FOR THEM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, DANIEL.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK.
>> MY NAME IS JACOB -- I AM A
STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON.
I FIRST HEARD OF SAMARITAN A
YEAR AND A HALF AGO AND THE
IMPACT SINCE THEN HAS BEEN
OUTSTANDING.
OVER 20% HAVE RECEIVED
EMPLOYMENT, TREATMENT OR
HOUSING AND I AM HERE TO REQUEST
THAT WE GRANT THE OPPORTUNITY
FOR 750 PEOPLE TO RECEIVE
ACCESS TO THE RELATIONSHIPS
TOWARDS CONNECTIONS TO HELP
LIFT THEMSELVES OUT OF POVERTY,
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> MY NAME IS STEPHEN PETERSON
AND I HELP SUPPORT BEACON
HOLDERS.
TO ME, IT IS GRATIFYING TO BE
ABLE TO READ THEIR STORIES.
TO BE ABLE TO ADD A SENSE OF
WHO THEY ARE, ASIDE FROM JUST A
FACE YOU MIGHT ENCOUNTER ON THE
STREET.
IT ALSO ALLOWED ME TO GIVE
FURTHER THAN THE PEOPLE I JUST
PASS.
I CAN ACTUALLY DONATE TO THESE
INDIVIDUALS FROM THE COMFORT OF
MY COUCH AND IT IS AMAZING FOR
THEM.
I HOPE THEY SUPPORT THE
EXPANSION OF THIS PROGRAM.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING.
HI.
>> HELLO, I AM ROGERS, A
RESIDENT OF SEATTLE AND A
SAMARITAN APP USER FOR OVER TWO
YEARS.
I WANTED TO COME IN.
IT HAS BEEN AN UNEXPECTED TREAT
TO HEAR FROM ALL THE BEACON
HOLDERS ABOUT HOW THIS IS
IMPACTING THEIR LIVES.
I REPRESENT, IF YOU WILL, THE
GIVING SIDE AND I FEEL LIKE THE
SYSTEM IS A POWERFUL OPPORTUNITY
TO UNLOCK PRIVATE GIVING TO
THIS ISSUE, WHO DOESN'T FEEL
COMFORTABLE DOING IT OTHERWISE.
WHEN I GIVE MONEY THROUGH THE
SYSTEM I KNOW IT WILL BE GOOD
THINGS.
I KNOW THE PERSON I GIVE IT TO
WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP IT AND I
KNOW THEY ARE CHECKING IN WITH
SOMEBODY WHO IS TRYING TO HELP
THEM FIGURE OUT HOW TO FIND A
PATH FORWARD, SO THAT HAS
ALLOWED ME TO GIVE HUNDREDS OF
DOLLARS TO HOMELESS PEOPLE I
WOULDN'T OF BEEN ABLE TO GIVE
OTHERWISE AND I THINK IT IS A
GREAT WAY TO BRING THE PUBLIC
SECTOR IN.
I HOPE YOU WILL SERIOUSLY
CONSIDER FUNDING THOSE.
I THINK IT IS A GREAT SYSTEM.
>> THANKS A LOT.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
>> ALL RIGHT, JONATHAN.
NICE TO SEE YOU AND THANK YOU
FOR YOUR TENACITY AND FOR
BRINGING YOUR FRIENDS.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP AND FOR THIS TIME.
I HAVE OBVIOUSLY BEEN BUGGING
úYOU GUYS FOR THE LAST YEAR
ABOUT GETTING INVOLVED IN SOME
OF THE WORK WE ARE DOING.
WE STARTED THIS 500 BEACON
PILOT.
IT TURNS OUT WE SAW 274 OF
THOSE INDIVIDUALS HOLD ONTO
THEIR BEACON AND ENROLL IN
SERVICES AND ADDRESS RELATIONAL
AND FINANCIAL NEEDS.
FROM THAT 274, WE HAVE SEEN 50
INDIVIDUALS GET INTO FULL-TIME
HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT OR
TREATMENT.
WE TOOK AN AVERAGE OF WHAT IT
TOOK TO GET TO THOSE 50
OUTCOMES.
IT WAS $444 OVER SIX MONTHS.
$80 A MONTH, $1000 PER YEAR.
BEYOND THE STATISTICS, WHICH I
THINK SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES, WE
HAVE THESE STORIES, BUT REALLY
WE HAVE FRIENDSHIPS.
I NEED THESE PEOPLE IN MY LIFE.
I NEED TO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE
GOING UP AGAINST.
I NEED TO KNOW THE CHALLENGES
THEY ARE EXPERIENCING ON A
DAILY BASIS, OTHERWISE THE
HOUSE I LIVE IN BECOMES A
PRISON AND I AM THE PRISONER.
IF YOU WANT TO GET EVERYONE IN
THE CITY INVOLVED WITH
HOMELESSNESS AND INVESTING IN
SOMEONE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS ON A DAILY BASIS,
THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT.
>> THANK YOU, JONATHAN, THANK
YOU.
WELL DONE.
THANKS TO ALL OF YOU WHO CAME
TO TELL YOUR STORIES, SHARE
THEM WITH US.
JONATHAN, YOU HAVE BEEN A HERO
FOR MANY.
OKAY.
WE MAY HAVE SOME DUPLICATIONS
HERE.
MICHAEL C WERTH?
CAPITOL HILL PUBLIC REALM?
GOOD, THANK YOU.
NELLIE PEARSON, NANCY WOODLAND
AND TARA.
>> THANKS, I AM INTERIM
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
CAPITOL HILL ECO-DISTRICT AND
CAPITOL HILL HOUSING.
I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR
YOUR VOTE IN SUPPORT OF THE
PUBLIC LIFE PLANNING PROCESS
FOR CAPITOL HILL.
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ HAS
SPOKE POWERFULLY ABOUT IT AND
YOU AND COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO
WERE ABLE TO JOIN US FOR A
WALKING TOUR.
CAPITOL HILL IS A GREAT
NEIGHBORHOOD WITH DOWNTOWN
SIZED PROBLEMS.
SO WE ARE LOOKING TO HAVE A
PUBLIC LIFE PLAN FOR THE
NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WILL ACTIVATE
THE SPACE FROM THE LIGHT RAIL
STATION THROUGH CAL ANDERSON
PARK, WHICH HAS SEEN A LOT OF
SAFETY CHALLENGES.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOU
HAVE DONE AND WE HAVE A
COALITION OF BUSINESSES AND
ANCHOR INSTITUTIONS COMING OUT
IN SUPPORT OF IT, SO I HAVE
COPIES OF THOSE HERE.
THANK YOU ALL.
>> GREAT, THANKS FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP.
I THINK IT IS A GREAT IDEA.
NELLIE.
>> I'M EXCITED TO GO HOME AND
BECOME A SAMARITAN DONOR.
I HADN'T HEARD OF THE PROGRAM,
SO THANKS FOR COMING OUT.
MY NAME IS NELLIE PEARSON.
THANKS TO THE COMMITTEE.
MY HUSBAND AND I ARE D7
RESIDENTS.
WE WALK, DRIVE, BITE, TAKE THE
BUS.
FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS I HAVE
BEEN A PROFESSIONAL ADVOCATE
FOR BIKING AND WALKING, BECAUSE
I WANT THAT TO BE EASIER FOR
EVERYONE.
MOST RECENTLY I WAS HEAD OF
LOCAL MICAH DURING, -- HEAD OF
LOCAL MARKETING FOR JUMPY
BIKES.
I AM NO LONGER WITH THEM, BUT I
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR LEADING
THE WAY.
WHEN I WAS AT JUMP, SEATTLE WAS
ONE OF OUR PRIZED CITIES.
IT SHOWS YOU CAN REALLY INNOVATE
WHEN YOU PROVIDE CHEAP, EASY,
AFFORDABLE TRANSPORTATION AND I
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR FUNDING
OR LOOKING INTO FUNDING FOR ON
STREET BIKE CORRALS.
THESE ARE THE NEXT STEP IN
FACILITATING SAFE, POPULAR AND
ORDERLY BIKE AND SCOOTER SHARE,
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, MAKING
OUR CITIES MORE SAFE.
THEY OFTEN TAKE UP CAR PARKING
BECAUSE THEY SIT IN WHAT IS
CALLED THE DAYLIGHT SPACE.
THEY ARE CHEAP AND SERVE
EXPONENTIALLY MORE PEOPLE.
THE PARK 20 TIMES AS MANY
VEHICLES AND ARE UTILIZED MORE
THAN A PRIVATELY OWNED CARD.
MY TIME IS UP, BUT THANK YOU
FOR NORMALIZING BIKING AND
WALKING.
>> NANCY WOODLAND, TARA --
LESLIE BAIN, I KNOW SHE WAS
HERE, I AM NOT S█EEING HER NOW.
GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
SHE WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT
THOMAS STREET, I WOULD SAY.
>> I AM NANCY WOODLAND,
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF WESTSIDE
BABY AND I AM HERE TO TALK TO
YOU FOR A SECOND ABOUT DIAPERS
AND EXPRESS MY THANKS FOR
ACTIONS THAT HAPPENED THIS
MORNING, TO COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ FOR MAKING SURE YOU ARE
INCLUDING NOT ONLY MENSTRUAL
PRODCTS, BUT DIAPERS WITH YOUR
ALLOCATION REQUEST THIS
úMORNING.
I ASK THAT YOU APPROVE THAT.
SO, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
DIAPERS ARE NOT COVERED BY FOOD
STAMPS.
THEY COST $75-$100 PER MONTH.
THAT REQUEST WAS CONNECTED TO
HOMELESS SERVICES AND TINY
HOUSE VILLAGES, SO IT IS A
BASIC NEED ITEM THAT WE WILL BE
ABLE TO HELP PROVIDE.
WE WILL BE ABLE TO HELP PROVIDE
IT TO ONLY ABOUT 250 CHILDREN,
WITH THE ALLOCATION THAT IS
BEING DISCUSSED, BUT I
CELEBRATE THAT BECAUSE IT IS
250 CHILDREN THAT MAY NOT
RECEIVE THAT SUPPORT.
IN ADDITION, I WANT TO THROW
OUT SUPPORT FOR THE MENSTRUAL
PRODUCTS AND BE WILLING TO TALK
TO YOU ABOUT THAT, AS WELL.
JUST REALLY GLAD YOU WERE ABLE
TO DO THAT FOR US THIS MORNING.
>> THANK YOU.
THANKS FOR COMING.
LESLIE, I DON'T SEE HER, AND
ROGERS SPOKE.
KRISTY HAMILTON?
THAT IS NUMBER 49.
DEREK -- THEY'VE ALREADY SPOKEN?
AND WHAT IS YOUR NAME?
OH, ALL RIGHT, PLEASE, THANK
YOU.
>> MY NAME IS TARA AND I AM A
CASE MANAGER AT NEW HORIZONS.
I COULD SPEND ALL DAY TALKING
ABOUT HOW SO LITTLE SEPARATES
MY CUBICLE FROM THE MATS ON THE
FLOOR, BUT I AM HERE ON MY DAY
OFF FROM TODAY -- FROM MY TWO
JOBS TO TELL YOU HOW OFFENSIVE
IT IS THAT THERE FLAUNTED HIS
MAGIC BULLETS FOR VULNERABLE
PEOPLE THAT THE CITY'S MONEY
AND PROGRAMMING DOESN'T SUPPORT.
IT IS OFFENSIVE HOW THEY CAN
ONLY SUSTAIN ONE CASE MANAGER
FOR 45 BEDS AT THE ONLY YOUTH
EMERGENCY SHELTER IN THE
DISTRICT.
THEY GIVE A HUMILIATINGLY LOW
BUDGET AND STILL THEY CHANGE
LIVES.
WE SEE THEY ARE DIGNIFYING
RELATIONSHIPS AND COMMUNITY
THAT ROOTS FOSTERS, CHANGES
LIVES.
THEY MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF
NOTHING, BUT THEY CAN'T DO THAT
FOREVER AT THE RATE THE CITY
WANTS THEM TO.
AFTER 20 YEARS OF CHAOS AT THE
SHELTER, THEY ARE BEING
GENTRIFIED.
THIS IS THEIR CHANCE TO FINALLY
DEVELOP CAPITAL AND IF THE CITY
DOESN'T WANT TO SPEND MONEY, AT
LEAST GIVE THE ORGANIZATIONS
FUNDS TO DO SO.
THINGS IS NOTHING FOR THE CITY,
BUT FOR ROOTS IT IS EVERYTHING.
AND IT IS STILL NOT ENOUGH.
PLEASE KEEP SUPPORTING ROOTS,
CASE MANAGERS, PLEASE KEEP
SUPPORTING PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS AND SERVICE
PROVIDERS.
>> THANK YOU.
WE ARE SKIPPING BECAUSE THERE
HAVE BEEN MANY PEOPLE HAVE
SPOKEN ABOUT THE BEACONS.
DO I HAVE ADAM?
OH, ADAM GLICKMAN, OF COURSE.
I CAN'T READ THE WRITING, BUT
OF COURSE.
WHERE IS HE?
IF HE IS HANGING AROUND, TELL
HIM TO COME BACK IN.
>> HE IS THE ONLY ONE LEFT.
AND DAVID.
>> ALL RIGHT.
STUFF ON?
>> NUMBER 50 THAT WAS ME.
>> OKAY.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE -- COME ON UP.
THANK YOU.
JONATHAN, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I MAY BE ABLE TO ADDRESS A
COUPLE THINGS ADAM WANTED TO
TALK ABOUT, TOO.
>> WE WILL GIVE YOU ADAM'S
TIME.
>> YEAH, YOU'VE GOT ADAMS.
ALL RIGHT, KEEP GOING.
>> SO I AM WITH LOCAL 8. THANK
YOU FOR DOING ALL THE HARD WORK
ON THE BUDGET.
I KNOW THAT IS A BIG
OVERTAKING.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I WANT TO LEND SUPPORT TO TWO
ITEMS YOU ARE CONSIDERING.
ONE IS THE INCREASED OUTREACH
FUNDING.
I THINK BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN
INCREASED IN A COUPLE YEARS AND
ALSO BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE
WORK YOU HAVE DONE ON LABOR
STANDARDS.
I THINK HAVING THE RESOURCES TO
EDUCATE AND TO A DEGREE ALSO
ENFORCE THOSE LAWS IS REALLY
IMPORTANT.
WE THINK THAT FUNDING IS
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
THE SECOND THING I WANTED TO
TALK ABOUT WAS THE PROJECT WITH
CHILDCARE AT CITY HALL.
SO MANY OF OUR MEMBERS
EXPERIENCE CHALLENGES WITH
CHILDCARE AND WHILE THAT
PROJECT WILL NOT SOLVE ALL OF
THOSE CHALLENGES, I THINK IT IS
AN EXCITING WAY FOR THE CITY TO
SHOW LEADERSHIP AND SET THE TONE
IN OUR CITY ON THE IMPORTANCE
OF CHILDCARE AND WE SUPPORT
THAT IN THE BUDGET.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND FOR
ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT THIS YEAR,
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
BESIDES DAVID, IS THERE ANYONE
ELSE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK?
I THINK YOU OF ALL BEEN UP.
DAVID, YOU ARE THE LAST ONE.
>> THANK YOU, WE NEED A 21ST-
CENTURY DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT
SOCIAL WELFARE NONPROFITS
GETTING IN WAY OF FIRST WORLD
INTERPRETATION OF HOME AND WE
NEED TO BLOCK OFF POLICE STATE
ROADS, ALLOWING 24/7 DRIVE-
THROUGH.
YET THE 21st CENTURY BUDGET
VIOLATES THE 2012 POLICE REFORM
THAT IS CONDUCTING A WAR ON THE
POOR WHILE EXEMPTING EVIL
CRIMINALS FROM JAIL, GIVING
PRIORITY FOR HOUSING WHILE YOUR
RACIST LENSES ARE FURTHER
ADDING OPPRESSION TO INNOCENT
HOMELESS.
NOW THE 18 COMMUNITY SERVICE
OFFICERS ARE BEING DEPLOYED A
MONTH BEFORE THE YEARLY POINT
IN TIME HOMELESS COUNT, TO MAKE
IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR
VOLUNTEERS TO FIND THE HOMELESS
IN THE DEAD OF WINTER, ALL TO
MANIPULATE THE COUNT AND DECEIVE
TAXPAYERS.
A SEPARATE ISSUE, -- A THIRD
OPTION OF RENEGOTIATING
EXPECTED SERVICE WITH THOSE BUS
CREDITS PAID BY TAX DOLLARS TO
TAKE OFF 30 MINUTES EARLY --
EXCUSE ME.
TAKE OFF WORK 30 MINUTES EARLY
ON THEIR SHIFT.
AND EVERY BUS STOP NEEDED,
USUALLY DURING RUSH HOUR OR
JUST AFTER.
>> ALL RIGHT, CONGRATULATIONS
EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR
HANGING IN THERE.
I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH ALL OF
YOU BEING HERE.
THANK YOU, JODI.
THANK YOU FOR COMING AND
TALKING ABOUT YOUR ISSUES, ALL
OF YOU THAT CAME.
TO JONATHAN, IF HE IS STILL OUT
THERE, THANK HIM FOR ORGANIZING
ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT CAME
DOWN TO TALK ABOUT IT.
THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
CONGRATULATIONS ON 197 ITEMS IN
THE PAST THREE DAYS.
>> THANK YOU.