MINUTE.
I HAVE FAITH.
I HAVE ALEX THAT AFTERNOON.
I AM HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE
GREEN NEW DEAL.
AS EXPRESSED BY A CASIO CORTEZ.
IT REPRESENT THE BEST SCIENCE
WE HAVE AVAILABLE.
THIS REPORT ON 1.5 DEGREES
MORNING.
THIS MORNING, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA, I BELIEVE YOU
REFERRED TO PUT SEATTLE CITY
LIGHT UNDER THE ENERGY AND
BALANCE MARKET AS PART OF THE
GREEN NEW DEAL.
IT IS NOT.
ON JUNE 20, 2017, SPOT PRICES
FOR ELECTRICITY IN CALIFORNIA
ROSE TO OVER $300 PER MEGAWATT
HOUR.
THAT IS 12 YEARS AFTER ENRON.
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT MANAGEMENT
CANNOT BE ALLEVIATED BY
RATEPAYERS.
FOR THE GREEN NEW DEAL TO SERVE
MORE PEOPLE, MORE JOBS, WE
CANNOT LET THE HORSE OUT OF THE
BARN.
WE NEED TO CONDITION TO TRACK
CARBON AND GREENHOUSE GAS RACES
BEFORE BE ENTER THE ENERGY AND
BALANCE MARKET.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, SIR.
[APPLAUSE]
>> FOLLOWING MARK I WILL CALL
THREE MEMBERS.
JUST ONE MOMENT, MARK.
KATHY DAWSON AND JOHN, MARK,
KATHY AND JOHNNY.
WE WILL USE THIS MICROPHONE
OVER HERE.
>> I AM MARK, THE AUTHOR OF THE
STATUS QUOTE IS DEATH.
FOUR YEARS AGO, I ADVOCATED
HERE FOR SENDING SEATTLE'S
ELEPHANTS TO SANCTUARY.
I WAS RIGHT.
NOW ONE OF THOSE ELEPHANTS IS
DEAD.
THE OTHER ONE SUFFERS IN A
CRUEL OKLAHOMA CAGE.
I AM HERE TODAY TO, FOR THE
TREES AND THE GREEN NEW DEAL.
PLEASE DON'T COMPROMISE OUR
LIVES.
GLOBAL WARMING THREATENS MORE
CORPORATION POLLUTION AND IT
WILL DOOM US LIKE THE
ELEPHANTS.
YOU CAN BE AS GREEN AS WE WANT
BECAUSE CORPORATIONS WILL COME
HERE ANYWAY BECAUSE THE REST OF
THE COUNTRY IS FLOODING OR
DRYING UP.
DON'T COMPROMISE OUR LIVES.
20 YEARS, SEATTLE WILL BE ONE
OF THE FEW PLACES IN THE UNITED
STATES ABLE TO GROW FOOD.
WE MUST STOP ALL POLLUTION
BECAUSE PRODUCING IT IS REALLY
ADDING MORE POISON.
WE NEED THE GREEN NEW DEAL
BECAUSE WITHOUT IT, WANT TO
SUFFER AND DIE YOUNG WON'T ONLY
BE SEATTLE'S ELEPHANTS, IT WILL
BE YOU, ME, AND EVERYBODY IN
THIS ROOM.
ALL OF OUR CHILDREN.
DON'T OPTIMIZE OUR LIVES.
DON'T COMPROMISE OUR LIVES.
[APPLAUSE]
>> HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS, I
AM KATHY DAWSON A PROGRAM
ASSISTANT WITH EARTH MINISTER,
A STATEWIDE FAITH-BASED
MOVEMENT FORT WORTH CARE.
FAITH, VALUES MOTIVATE OUR
SUPPORT OF THE GREEN NEW DEAL
RESOLUTION BEFORE HE TODAY.
VALUES THAT INCLUDE THE
INHERENT WORTH OF EVERY PERSON,
LOVE AS THE BASIS OF JUSTICE,
AND CARE OF THE EARTH AS A
PRIMARY DUTY OF ALL PEOPLE.
WE URGE YOU TO PASS THE
RESOLUTION AND TAKE THE NEXT
NECESSARY, LOGICAL, MORAL STEPS
TOWARDS SEATTLE SHOWING CITIES
AROUND THE WORLD HOW TO REDUCE,
HOW TO REVERSE THE 70% OF
CLIMATE CHANGE THAT CITIES LIKE
OURS CAUSE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> BEFORE YOU BEGIN, AFTER
JOHNNY, ROBIN SCHWARTZ, JOHNNY
AND MARGARET KITCHELL.
ROBIN, JOHNNY AND MARGARET.
>> HEY, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS JOHNNY AND I'M AN
ORGANIZER WITH.GREEN.
I AM PART OF THE SEATTLE FOR A
NEW DEAL CAMPAIGN.
SO POINT BLANK, PERIOD, I AM
HERE TO SAY WE SUPPORT THE
GREEN NEW DEAL BECAUSE IT IS
THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
WE KNOW WHAT WE ARE UP AGAINST.
WE KNOW THAT IT IS SCARY.
AND SO WE NEED TO TAKE THESE
SITUATIONS.
WE NEED TO TAKE DRASTIC PICK
ACTION FOR A BETTER WORLD.
WE KNOW A BETTER WORLD IS
POSSIBLE.
WE KNOW THAT ALL OF THE
COMMUNITY OVER HERE IS SHOWING
A LOT OF CARE AND IMPORTANCE
AND SO WE ARE HERE TO THE, TO
SUPPORT THE GREEN NEW DEAL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HELLO.
THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS ROBIN SCHWARTZ,
THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS
OPPORTUNITY.
I WORK ABOUT DUWAMISH CLEANUP
COALITION AND THEM ACTIVE IN
THE COMMUNITY.
ESPECIALLY AT CONCORDE
ELEMENTARY.
75% OF KIDS QUALIFY FOR FREE
AND REDUCED LUNCH.
SOUTH PARK AND GEORGETOWN HAVE
FEW OPTIONS WELL SERVED BY
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
I'M CHORIZO THE NEWS TODAY
ABOUT THE CHARGE ROLE.
I ANTICIPATE THAT HAVING A
NEGATIVE IMPACT ON REFUGEES AND
KIDS IN SUPPER.
COMING FROM THE COMMUNITY OF
COLOR, WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND
THE EFFECTS OF, CHANGE.
I STRONGLY SUPER THE GREEN YOU
DEAL.
THIS RESOLUTION CAN BE LIFE
ALTERING FOR COMMUNITY.
I URGE YOU TO PASS IT AND AND
SURE THAT IT IS COMMUNITY LED.
>> THANK YOU, ROBIN.
[APPLAUSE]
>> I AM MARGARET KITCHELL AND
I'M A MEMBER OF THE WASHINGTON
RESISTANCE FOR SOCIAL
ACCOUNTABILITY AND TASK FORCE.
WE AGREED WITH THE WORLD HEALTH
ASSOCIATION THAT I MENTIONED IS
THE WORST HEALTH CHALLENGE.
WE HAVE BEEN ENJOYED BY 73
HEALTH ASSOCIATIONS IN A CALL
TO ACTION ON OUR CLIMATE
EMERGENCY.
WE NEED TO TAKE BOLD STEPS
BECAUSE WHAT WE HAVE DONE SO
FAR IS NOT NEARLY ENOUGH.
OUR MISSION KEEPS RISING.
WE HAVE A REPORT AVAILABLE
ONLINE, RACK, GAS,
INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH HAS
BACKGROUND DETAILS AND THE CITY
OF BERKELEY HAS A NEW ORDINANCE
TO REQUIRE ALL NEW BUILDINGS
GET HEAT AND POWER FROM
ELECTRICITY, GAS HAS LIMIT
EFFECTS, INCLUDING INDOOR AIR
POLLUTION WITH NITROGEN OXIDE,
CARBON MONOXIDE, BUT WE NEED TO
BUILD WITH ALL ELECTRIC AND
RENEWABLE RESOURCES AND THE
TECHNOLOGY FOR ELECTRICITY HAS
GREATLY IMPROVED.
IT WILL GREATLY IMPROVE OUR
HEALTH.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GREETINGS AND GOOD
AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS JOHNNY AND I'M AN
ORGANIZER WITH.GREEN,
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, AND THE
GREEN MOVEMENT.
I LIVE IN LAKE CITY.
SO TODAY I WANT TO SPEAK IN
SUPPORT OF THE GREEN NEW DEAL
RESOLUTION.
I WANT TO SPEAK TO THE ECONOMIC
BENEFITS OF THE GREEN NEW DEAL.
THE CITY HAS ACTUALLY ALREADY
DONE THIS RESEARCH.
THE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT
SUSTAINABILITY HAS COMMISSIONED
A REPORT ON THIS TOPIC.
SO THE GREEN NEW DEAL, THE
GREEN ECONOMY, IS A $500
BILLION INDUSTRY.
AND WITH INTENTIONAL POLICIES
STARTING HERE, WE CAN GENERATE
COST SAVINGS IN THE TRILLIONS
OF DOLLARS.
AND SO, IT IS NOT ONLY THE
GREEN NEW DEAL, NOT ONLY IS IT
A GOOD IDEA TO SAVE OUR PLANET
AND EVERYONE LIVING IN IT, BUT
IT IS ALSO A GOOD IDEA FOR THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
WITH MORE ENERGY IMPROVEMENTS
COMES GREATER EFFICIENCY AND
WITH GREATER EFFICIENCY COMES
GREATER BANG FOR THE BUCK.
THIS MEANS A GREATER
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE, MORE
DEMAND, AND MORE BUSINESSES
COMING TO WORK WITH US IN OUR
CITY.
SO THAT MEANS WE CAN ESTABLISH
OURSELVES AS A GLOBAL LEADER IN
CLIMATE CHANGE SOLUTIONS.
HOW DOES THAT SOUND?
>> IT SOUNDS GOOD.
THANK YOU, JOHNNY.
>> MOST IMPORTANT LEE IT IS A
QUESTION OF WHERE THE SAVINGS
CAN GO.
IT GOES TOWARDS EQUITY AND IT
IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT OUR
MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS.
IF WE CARE ABOUT INVESTING IN
THE ENVIRONMENT, WE SHOULD CARE
ABOUT THE PEOPLE LIVING AND IT,
>> THANK YOU, JOHNNY.
>>
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING.
>> PLEASE, ANNE-MARIE DOOLEY.
IF YOU TAKE ANY MICROPHONE.
AND POLLY G WOULD BE NEXT.
THEN EMMA NIXON.
AND MARIE, POLLY G AND EMMA.
>> I AM ANNE-MARIE DOOLEY AND
I'M HERE AGAIN WITH WASHINGTON
PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY.
THE FIRST WEEKEND OF AUGUST, I
SPENT 80 HOURS COVERING THE
HOSPITALS.
ONE 2 AM PHONE CALL WAS A MAN
WHOSE LUNGS WERE FILLED WITH
FLUID.
THAT I CAN FIX BUT WHAT I CAN'T
FIX IS SOMEONE WHOSE LUNGS ARE
FILLED WILDFIRE SMOKE OR CHRONIC
INDOOR AND OUTDOOR AIR
POLLUTION.
BUT YOU CAN.
YOU CAN SET POLICY THAT
BENEFITS ALL OF SEATTLE.
NOT JUST THOSE PEOPLE WITH
MONEY.
FOR TOO LONG, PRIVATE MONEY HAS
DOMINATED PUBLIC POLICY WITH
ARGUMENT THAT SOMEHOW A CLIMATE
POLICY COST TOO MUCH.
BUT THE COST WE ARE LOOKING AT
IS A CLIMATE FUELED PUBLIC
HEALTH CRISIS THAT WILL AFFECT
EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM.
BUT HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS.
WE INVENT THINGS IN SEATTLE.
WE INVENTED MEDIC 1 WHICH IS A
PUBLICLY FUNDED EMERGENCY
RESPONSE SYSTEM WHICH I TRAINED
AS A MEDICAL 1 DOCK.
WE NEED A PUBLICLY FUNDED GREEN
NEW DEAL THAT CLEANS OUR AIR OF
FOSSIL FUELS AND SETS SEATTLE
UP AS A LEADER AGAIN.
IN A CLIMATE POLICY THAT
ACTUALLY SAVES LIVES LIKE MEDIC
1. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> POLLY?
WE WILL MOVE TO EMMA NIXON.
>> I AM EMMA NIXON.
THESE ARE MY KIDS.
THIS IS ROLAND AND WALLACE.
THEY ARE FOUR YEARS OLD AND
WHEN YEARS OLD.
I AM SPEAKING FOR MYSELF BUT
ALSO FOR A GROUP OF MORE THAN
200 FAMILIES IN THE SEATTLE
AREA.
WE CALL OURSELVES GREEN
FAMILIES BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING
TO DO ANYTHING WE CAN AS
INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE GREENER
AND SAVE THE PLANET.
BUT IT IS COMPLETELY OBVIOUS
THAT THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO
AS INDIVIDUALS TO SAVE OUR KIDS
LIVES.
WE ARE TERRIFIED THAT THEY WILL
DIE AND HONESTLY, AND EARLY AND
TERRIBLY TRAGIC DEATH BECAUSE
OF THE IMPACT THAT WE AS HUMANS
HAVE ON OUR ENVIRONMENT AND THE
DESTRUCTION OF OUR ENVIRONMENT.
WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING
DRASTIC.
SOMETHING NOW.
YOU GUYS HAVE IN YOUR POWER TO
DO SOMETHING, YOU HAVE IN CHANG
RESIDENTS OF SOUTHPARK AND
GEORGETOWN EXPECTED
LIFESPAN EIGHT YEARS SHORTER
THAN THE AVERAGE SEATTLE
RESIDENT.
50% OF THE PEOPLE LIVING WITHIN
1 MILE OF THE LOWER DUWAMISH
BOUNDARY ARE PEOPLE HEALTHY
WORKPLACES.
THROUGH A VOICE ON THE GROUND.
A JUST TRANSITION FOR WORKERS
WHO ARE CURRENTLY IN THE FOSSIL
FUEL INDUSTRY AND INDICATE
RESOURCES TOWARDS OUR
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
THE GREEN JANITOR PILOT PROGRAM
IS ALSO AN IMPORTANT STEP IN
THIS DIRECTION.
I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE SUPPORT
BOTH.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS FLORENCE.
I ALSO GO BY FLOOD.
I WORK AT THE GREEN PATHWAYS
FELLOWSHIP.
YOU HAVE ALREADY DONE SOME GOOD
WORK IN TERMS OF ADDRESSING THE
GREEN PATHWAYS RESOLUTION AND
GIVING FUNDING FOR ENTRY-LEVEL
LIVING WAGE JOBS AND HERE IS
JUST TO REALLY ENDORSE THE
GREEN NEW DEAL.
TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THE
ECONOMY OF WORKERS, RIGHT?
WE NEED LIVING WAGE JOBS TO
CONTINUE TO THE DO THE GOOD
WORK WE ARE DOING HERE.
HOW IT COULD ALSO HAVE A
RIPPLING EFFECT TO OUR
COMMUNITY IF THEY HAVE THE
RESOURCES THEY CAN TO MAKE
RIGHT DECISIONS AND TO
CONTRIBUTE TO A GREEN ECONOMY.
SO I AM FULLY ENDORSING THAT
AND CONTINUE TO DO THAT GOOD
I AM HERE IN SUPPORT OF YOUR
VOTE TO OVERRIDE THE MAYOR'S
VETO TO CREATE A SEPARATE FUND
FOR SBT REVENUE.
DIABETES, IMPACTS LOW INCOME
PEOPLE OF COLOR THE MOST.
GOT GREEN ORGANIZATIONS OR
VOLUNTEERS HAVE OR NOT TO
INFORM SEATTLE RESIDENTS THAT
THIS TAX IS NOT REGRESSIVE.
DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE
REVENUE WOULD BE REDIRECTED TO
THEM BY WAY OF HEALTHY FOOD AND
EARLY LEARNING PROGRAMS.
NOT ONLY DID IT CHALLENGE OUR
ACCOUNTABILITY BUT IT LIMITED
THE ABILITY TO FILL THE NEED OF
HEALTHY FOOD FOR SO MANY
FAMILIES IN SEATTLE.
THE FRESH BOX PROGRAM IS
AMAZING AND IS HELPING SO MANY
FAMILIES YET THERE IS STILL A
WAIT LIST OF OVER 3500
INDIVIDUALS.
THE WAITLIST HAD TO BE CLOSED
DOWN AFTER ONE WEEK.
I WILL STOP THERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> JOHN WALLER.
JOHN WALLER?
ARE YOU HERE?
>> I AM THE SECRETARY OF THE
FRONT COMMITTEE.
SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF COUNCIL
MEMBER, THE RESOLUTION ON CUBA.
A SIMILAR RESOLUTION AGAINST
THE U.S. EMBARGO ON CUBA HAS
BEEN PASSED.
12 CITIES IN THE U.S. IT IS
GOING TO GO TO A NUMBER OF
OTHER CITIES, MAJOR CITIES VERY
SOON.
THIS RESOLUTION, IF PASSED,
ENDING THE EMBARGO AND CUBA
WOULD NORMAL SLEEP BENEFIT THE
CUBAN PEOPLE.
THAT IS THE MAIN REASON.
BUT IT WILL IF IT THE U.S.
PEOPLE.
IT WILL ENABLE THEM TO REALLY
TRAVEL TO CUBA IN WAYS THAT
THEY ARE CURRENTLY NOT ALLOWED
TO.
BUT ALSO, IT WOULD ENABLE THE
U.S. TO PURCHASE SOME OF THE
ADVANCED TREATMENTS AGAINST
LUNG CANCER AND DIABETES THAT
CUBA HAS DEVELOPED.
FINALLY, THIS POLICY IS BEING
CONDEMNED BY 189 COUNTRIES IN
THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
IT IS TOTAL INSANITY.
THEY WILL ENGAGE CUBA.
THEY ASKED U.S. DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATES, THE PRESIDENT,
WHETHER THEY SUPPORTED
NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS, 25
OUTER 26.
THEY SUPPORTED NORMALIZATION OF
RELATIONS.
THANK YOU.
>>
HELP US MAKE THIS RIGHT.
>> HELLO HONORABLE COUNCILMAN
AND COUNCILWOMEN.
MY NAME IS ELIZABETH AND I AM
ONE OF THE LEAD ORGANIZERS FOR
FRIDAY'S FOR FUTURE HERE IN
SEATTLE.
I'M 16 YEARS OLD, FILLED WITH
ANXIETY AND NOTHING MORE THAN
TERRIFIED WITH REGARDS TO HOW
WE WILL SURVIVE ON THIS PLANET.
THE UN SAID WE HAVE I TOLD
20/30 TO MAKE IMMEDIATE,
DRASTIC CLIMATE ACTION.
IN 2030, I WILL BE 27 YEARS
OLD.
I WILL BE DECIDING IF I CAN
BRING CHILDREN INTO THIS WORLD.
IT WILL BE THE YEAR FOR THE
CLIMATE CRISIS WILL
>>> HELLO, COUNCILMEMBERS.
I AM HERE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF
OF HOW SEATTLE NEEDS A GREEN
NEW DEAL.
BASED ON MY SPECIFIC
EXPERIENCE, SPEAKING WITH OVER
200 USE, WORKERS IN THE
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT, WE NEED
A GREEN NUDE DEAL AND NOT
GRADUAL LEGISLATION.
BASED ON MY CONVERSATION AND
RESEARCH, THE MAJOR ISSUES IN
THE INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT FOR
THE I-5 AND I 90, HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF CARS EVERY THE.
THE BIGGEST ONE IN SEATTLE,
LAST OF GREEN SPACE, THE
BIGGEST GREEN SPACE.
1.7 ACRES.
AND THE BIGGEST OF ALL, I THINK
WHEN EVERYONE SPEAKS TO ME IS
GENTRIFICATION AND PLACEMENT.
A LOT OF ECONOMIES OF $750 A
MONTH FROM THE GOVERNMENT.
BEING BUILT ON THE
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT, THAT IS
WHITE WE NEED BIG SYSTEMIC
CHANGES.
WE NEED AIR COOLING AND
FILTERING STATION.
WE NEED LOW INCOME HOUSING.
WE NEED FREE PUBLIC TRANSIT AND
EDUCATION.
GREEN JOBS.
THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS ALLIE AND I'M
REPRESENTING LOCAL 19.
I AM A DOCK WORKER IN THE PART
OF SEATTLE.
THANK YOU MEMBERS OF THE
COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING FOR
COMMENT ON THE COMPETENCE OF
PLAN DOCUMENTING LEGISLATION.
IT WOULD ALLOW FOR A STUDY OF
OUR CITY'S MARITIME AND
INDUSTRIAL LANDS BEFORE
PURSUING ANY REMOVAL OF LAND
PARCELS FROM THE MANUFACTURING
AND INDUSTRIAL CENTER OVERLAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MIKE
O'BRIEN AND TERESA FOR THE WORK
IN PUTTING TOGETHER THIS
LEGISLATION.
THESE LANDS SUPPORT ONE SIXTH
OF THE JOBS IN OUR CITIES, THEY
PAY MORE THAN 20% OF THE AMINO
AGENCY.
70% OF THE JOBS DO NOT REQUIRE
A COLLEGE DEGREE.
DOBSON THE MARITIME INDUSTRY
SUPPORT THE MIDDLE INCOME,
WHICH ALLOWS PEOPLE TO LIVE IN
THE CITY IN WHICH THEY WERE.
THE UNION IS COMMITTED TO THESE
DISCUSSIONS SO WE MAY KEEP GOOD
UNION JOBS IN OUR CITY WHILE
RECOGNIZING THE LAND-USE DEMAND
OF A GROWING CITY.
THANK YOU.
>>
>> THANK YOU.
AS I DID EARLIER, COMES MEMBER
LARRY GOSSETT, I BELIEVE YOU
WERE HERE AND I BELIEVE HE WAS
THERE TO TESTIFY ON AN ISSUE.
WE WELCOME YOU AT THIS POINT.
WE WILL RESUME YOU ARE BACK.
PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE,
>> I UNDERSTAND THE TIME LET'S.
I NEED TO SAY THIS UP FRONT.
I AM HOPEFUL THAT THE SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL PASSES THIS NEW
SEATTLE.
THE GREEN NEW DEAL.
BUT I AM HERE TO TELL YOU, ONCE
THE COUNCIL RETURNS, IN ONE
WEEK OR TWO, I AM PUTTING
TOGETHER LEGISLATION.
THIS IS THE COUNTY GREEN NEW
DEAL.
>> AND I HAVE DONE THAT BEFORE
THE MEMBERS OF THE KING COUNTY
COUNCIL.
I JUST WANT TO RESPECTFULLY SAY
I HOPE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL
GIVES DUE CONSIDERATION.
IF YOU ALL PASS IT, IT WILL BE
A GREAT FOUNDATION TO SPREAD IT
THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE KING
COUNTY COUNCIL.
THE KING COUNTY-BASED
MORATORIUM ON FOSSIL FUEL
INFRASTRUCTURE, TRAVEL AND
DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS MUCH BIGGER.
THEY TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION
THE IMPACT ON WORKERS.
KEEPING WAGES HIGH.
AND INVOLVING PEOPLE OF COLOR.
I AM DEFINITELY ON BOARD FOR
THIS WHOLE ISSUE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> WE ARE PLAYING TAG TEAM.
>> FIRST, I WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBERS.
WE WANT TO THANK COUNCILEMBER
MOSQUEDA TO LIFT THE BLOCKADE
AGAINST CUBA THAT THE UNITED
STATES HAVE HAD IN PLACE FOR 60
YEARS.
AS WELL AS HER FATHER AND
LARRY, LARRY AND PATTY WHO
TRAVELED WITH ME ON THE LAST
DELEGATION AND BROUGHT THIS
IDEA TO THE COUNCILMEMBERS.
I AM SORRY THAT THEY COULDN'T
BE HERE TO TESTIFY ON BEHALF OF
THE RESOLUTION.
I HAVE BEEN GOING TO CUBA SINCE
1999.
AND AS A FEMINIST, HAVE
BROUGHT, AND I HAVE BROUGHT
OVER 200 PEOPLE TO CUBA.
WHAT HAS DRIVEN ME TO MY
COMMITMENT TO BRING PEOPLE TO
CUBA IS THE COMMITMENT OF THE
CUBAN GOVERNMENT AND THE CUBAN
WOMEN TO PUSH FORWARD WOMEN'S
RIGHTS AGENDA WHICH HAS ALLOWED
THEM TO ACHIEVE HIGHER STATUS
OVER THE LAST 60 YEARS.
IT IS EMBEDDED IN THE CUBAN
CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE 44.
THE STATE GUARANTEES WOMEN THE
SAME OPPORTUNITIES AND
POSSIBILITIES AS WOMEN, AS MEN,
IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE WOMEN'S
FULL PARTICIPATION IN THE
DEVELOPMENT OF ITS COUNTRY.
AS A RESULT OF THAT, CUBAN
WOMEN IN 2017 REPRESENTED 66.8%
OF THE PROFESSIONAL AND
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL TECHNICAL
JOBS, 60% OF THE UNIVERSITY
STUDENTS AND 81% OF THAT
MEDICAL STUDENTS WERE WOMEN.
IN 2017, CUBA RANKED THIRD
PLACE WORLDWIDE FOR THE HIGHEST
PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN MEMBERS IN
PARLIAMENT WITH 48.6%.
THE U.S. RANKS 80.
LASTLY, TODAY YOU ARE --
>> THANK YOU.
>> CUBA HAS BEEN AT THE
FOREFRONT OF A BATTLE AGAINST
CLIMATE CHANGE.
I HOPE YOU WILL PASS THIS
RESOLUTION.
WE HAVE MUCH TO LEARN FROM CUBA
AND EXCHANGING VISITS FROM BOTH
OF OUR COUNTRIES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> IMOGENE WILLIAMS?
JEANNIE?
AND MATT REMLEY?
IMOGENE, JEANNIE AND MATT?
>> MY GRANDSON AND HIS FAMILY
LIVE DOWNSTAIRS.
THE LITTLE GIRL IS SIX.
SHE CAN READ REALLY WELL.
THE LITTLE BOY IS 1 1/2.
HE GAVE ME A NAME.
HE CALLS ME MAMA.
THEY GOT ME A BUTTON.
IT HAS A PICTURE OF RUTH BADER
GINSBURG AND IT SAYS DISSENT.
WE LOVE OUR KIDS.
BUT OUR LOVE IS TESTED BY THE
REALITIES OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
THE CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 3,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT HAS BEEN
SAYING THAT THE GREEN NEW DEAL
IS IMPERATIVE.
IT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BE
FOSSIL FUEL FREE BY 2030.
FOSSIL FUEL FREE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'M A COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
FOR THE ALLIANCE FOR PIONEER
SQUARE.
WE MANAGED A BUSINESS
IMPROVEMENT AREA AND REPRESENT
OVER 850 BUSINESSES.
I AM HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU TO
SUPPORT THE CITY CENTER
CONNECTOR WITH AN EVER CHANGING
CITY LANDSCAPE.
WE HAVE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS.
PIONEER SQUARE AND THE
SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS NEED
AN EFFICIENT, ENVIRONMENTALLY
FRIENDLY OPTION COME A
CONNECTING THE EXISTING
STREETCAR LINES WILL GIVE US A
ZERO EMISSIONS CIRCULATOR THAT
COMPLETES THE NETWORK AND
ALLOWS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO
GET AROUND THE CITY
EFFICIENTLY.
PLEASE SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.
THANK YOU.
>> BEFORE YOU BEGIN, LET ME
CALL TERRY FLYNN AND CLAIRE
RICHARDS.
THANKS.
>> -- MY NAME IS MATT REMLEY
AND I AM A RESIDENT OF BEACON
HILL.
I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST THANK
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN AND HIS
STAFF FOR THE WORK ON THE GREEN
NEW DEAL.
BRINGING TOGETHER FOLKS OVER
THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS TO
REALLY TO BRING POWERFUL THINGS
INTO THE RESOLUTION.
I AM EXPRESSING MY SUPPORT FOR
IT AND ENCOURAGING THE COUNCIL
TO TAKE BOLD ACTIONS TO BE
FOSSIL FUEL FREE BY 2030.
AND FOLLOWING UP ON THE BOLD
STATEMENTS WITH BOLD ACTION,
ENSURING THAT SEATTLE BECOMES A
LEADER IN ADDRESSING CLIMATE
CHANGE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME.
[APPLAUSE]
>> PRESIDENT HAROLD, I AM TERRY
FINN, A BOARD MEMBER OF THE
WASHINGTON FEDERATION FOR
MARITIME CHOICES.
I AM HERE TO SUPPORT THE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PLANNING
LAND USE AND ZONING COMMITTEE
TO WITHDRAW THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENT TO IMPOSE A STADIUM
DISTRICT IN THE PLAN.
TO REMOVE THREE OTHER PARCELS
FROM THE MANUFACTURING AND
INDUSTRIAL DESIGNATION.
I WANT TO THANK DIRECTLY
COUNCIL MEMBERS O'BRIEN AND
MISS?
THE TO PASS IT IN COMMITTEE.
AND WE HOPE THAT THEY WILL
SUPPORT THE CALL BY THE MAYOR
TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
AND STUDY OF INDUSTRIAL LANDS
AS PART OF THE OVERALL COMP
PLAN REVIEW PROCESS.
WE NEED MUCH MORE DETAIL ABOUT
THE BENEFITS OF THE INDUSTRIAL
ERA.
THE FUNCTION AND THE DIFFERENT
INDUSTRIES INVOLVED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
>> MY NAME IS CLAIRE RICHARDS
AND I WAS HERE ON FRIDAY.
I CHOKED UP CRYING.
THIS TIME I AM A BIT STRONGER.
I AM A MOM OF A THREE AND HALF-
YEAR-OLDS.
AND THIS IS HIM.
BUT I SHARED HIS PICTURE.
HE IS NOT HERE RIGHT NOW.
BUT I AM A SCIENTIST.
I AM A NURSE SCIENTIST AND I
HAVE HEARD ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE
SINCE, MY WHOLE LIFE.
BUT I DID NOT REALIZE IT WAS
GOING TO COME SO SOON.
IT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW
FASTER THAN SCIENTISTS EVER
PREDICTED.
THE FIRES AND SMOKE EVENTS WILL
ONLY INCREASE IN FREQUENCY, AND
DURATION.
AND EFFECT THE WAY OUR
CHILDREN'S LONG LOOKS DEVELOP
OVER THE COURSE OF THEIR
LIFETIME.
WE HAVE A NARROW WINDOW IN
WHICH WE CAN CHANGE.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF MY SON
PICKING TOMATOES AND IF WE DO
NOT, IF CLIMATE CHANGE, IT IS
AFFECTING THE BEES.
THEY ARE GOING EXTINCT.
IF WE DO NOT HAVE PLEASE, WE
WILL NOT BE ABLE TO LIVE
BECAUSE WE NEED BEES IN ORDER
TO GROW TOMATOES.
AND ANY OTHER KIND OF FOOD.
AND WE NEED PLANTS IN ORDER TO
SLOW CLIMATE CHANGE DOWN.
IT IS A DOUBLE WHAMMY.
I THOUGHT YOU TOMATOES THAT MY
SON PICKS.
THEY ARE FRESH.
[APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU, CLAIRE.
ALEX?
RICH?
AND JULIE SIMONE VARGA.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
CITY COUNCIL, IF YOU REMEMBER
ON JUNE 25, YOU ALL SIGNED ONTO
THE SEATTLE FOR A GREEN NEW
DEAL COMMUNITY ENDORSEMENT
LETTER, RECOGNIZING ANYTHING I
COULD SEE IN
>> Thank you.
[ Applause ] my name is [
Indiscernible - low - volume ].
I and a generator for and 15
years.
I support the program the
janitor.
I want to have a for take care
of the environment.
We want to work.
We want to do work that may the
earth healthier for our
children.
We want to help make this city
green energy goes past.
Please support the green
janitor education program.
This will empower janitors with
skills that will benefit the
population.
Thank you.
[ Applause ]
>> Thank you.
Then out with, Ingrid Elliott,
and Harry cut.
>> Hello.
My name is [ Indiscernible -
low - volume ]. I and a number
of Seattle 350.
This year I think the green new
deal will be a federal program,
federally funded, implemented
at the date and local level.
It is not completely out of the
question that we might get that
kind of leadership at the
national level that this the
next election cycle or maybe
the one following.
At this, we obviously cannot
hope for a significant federal
funding.
Eight is a tremendous challenge
to find the green at the local
level.
We are asked in the counsel to
do this.
My point is this: every time a
city like Seattle makes a
commitment to the green deal,
it had a catalyzing effect on
other cities.
This will also create momentum
that we need to push this
political activity at the
national level.
Our goal is to do the best that
we can at the local level.
Never lose sight that we are
just part of a much larger
vision.
Thank you.
You knock thank you.
[ Applause ]
>> Is angry here?
>> Thank you.
My name is Ingrid Elliott.
Am a Seattle mother.
I am here because I want
grandchildren.
We know that we have until 2030
to change the trajectory of
climate change.
2030 is when my oldest son
would be 30 years old.
He says this is when he would
think about having children.
If climate change is not under
control by then, the sure has
the anxiety of the kids we have
heard from today.
He says he will not have
children if he does not know
that he will be bringing them
into a phase future.
I am thought that the Seattle
city Council has endorsed the
green new deal.
I would urge you to adopt the
green new deal resolution and
make that full endorsement
letter from Jim official.
I would also urge you in the
coming months to make effect is
and significant action toward
making the green new deal, not
just a beautiful idea but in
reality.
The first steps should be to do
no new.
We must lower emissions. I
urge you to follow the example
of Keith Kelsey which has been
fossil fuel infrastructure
projects.
[ Applause ] the city of
Berkeley has and fossil fuels
and new buildings, Seattle can
do the same.
Thank you.
[ Applause ]
>> Jerry Kutz, Stacy Vane, and
Market Basket, that will
conclude our fourth page.
Harry, Stacy and Mark.
41, 42, and critically.
>> Hello.
Hello council members, thank
you for your time.
My name is Harry Katz.
I am representing some ice
movement Seattle, a group that
organizes young people to take
action for the green new deal.
I am here today because I do
not want fossil fuel air
position to shorten my life or
anyone else's light, it shall
instantly people's lives every
year.
Young people want a livable
future for our.
That is why the support
Seattle's green new deal.
We are so inspired by this
green new deal campaign, we
hope Seattle will inspire other
places around the world to
listen to the leadership of
frontline communities,
prioritize racial and economic
justice for and eliminate
pollution as soon as possible.
Thank you.
>> Thank you.
>> Was there someone else?
>> Martha.
Martha, you can proceed.
I think it is Steve.
Steve.
Steve, I could not leave your
name.
We will go Steve and then
Martha.
>> My name is. I am chair of
the Seattle urban first.
We strongly support the green
new deal.
We have a climate crisis.
It is not a climate change
issue anymore.
We want to thank the Council
for moving forward on this
legislation as well as their
commitment to moving forward on
a dating the Seattle tree
protection ordinance.
This is long overdue by 10
years.
We cannot make the problem
worse by letting trees be
removed and not be replaced.
The same time, we are trying to
do the green new deal, they
have to get together.
These are complement her issues
that we support the urban
forestry commission draft.
We urge you to enact this as
soon as possible.
The whole idea with tree
replaced required when
developers move trees that they
can be planted in other places
in the city that have health
problems like in South, like in
the Valley etc.
This is a racial and social
justice issues and bypassing
the tree ordinance, you can
assist in this green new deal
effort.
Thank you.
[ Applause ]
>> I am putting my voice to
this effort to save our truth.
I am here to support the new
deal and encourage the city
council members and all of
those who have worked so hard
for its passage to also include
strong language to protect
urban traits.
Their importance in a changing
climate and to public health
and well-being should be self-
evident.
Increasing development is
seeing a rapid loss of green
canopy in residential lots
especially.
Housing and trees should not be
incompatible.
Often they are a sacrificial
lamb.
As a member of the recently
formed do not haircut Seattle,
I urge the council to not only
pass the new green deal but to
enact a draft tree ordinance
protection now.
The draft was presented to the
Council and the mayor back in
June.
We understand that it has
installed.
That is tragic.
I respectively request the
Council to take action on
behalf of trees.
Those silent living creatures
which any successful green new
deal depends on, thank you so
much.
[ Applause ]
>> Thank you.
>> We have about 45 comments.
We have heard, and testimony
from the committee as well.
Unless there is an objection, I
will go to the agenda.
We have a lot of work to do on
the agenda.
I cannot get through all of the
names but we tried to do as
best we could.
Having said that, please read
the title of the payment bill
section so we can move on with
the agenda.
>> Counsel Bill 199605 [
Indiscernible - low - volume ]
for the week of July 29, 2019
to August 2, 2013.
We are ordering the payment of
their of.
>> I moved to Paris 119605.
Any comments?
Please call the roll on the
passage of the bill.
>> [ Indiscernible - low -
volume ]
>> In favor, the post.
>> The bill passes and the
chair will sign it.
Is read agenda item number one.
You knock the report of the
city Council reconsideration of
119551 related to creating a
friend for sweetened beverage
tax revenues adding a new
section [ Indiscernible - low -
volume ] to the Seattle
municipal code in providing
guidelines for expending
proceeds committed.
These were passed and the Ted
on August 2, 2019.
>> Thank you.
There with me for one moment
here.
I am calling up the motion to
reconsider the passage of
counsel Bill 1195 55 as
amended.
It does not require motion.
We will no doubt have some
discussion.
The reconsideration of this so
as amended is now pending
before the counsel.
I will call for comment. Just a
word about procedure referred
of what we are doing, many of
you know, the Council passed
some legislation relative to
the sweeened beverage tax.
It has been vetoed by the
mayor.
This then requires that between
five and I believe 30 days, we
consider the votes.
We can legally change the vote
or we can we stage, we can vote
as we did for the record as we
did for the first proceeding
and state are reasons or either
egal or factual this is for
our.
You are not required to but you
might want to make sure you
have a record.
At this point, I think we all
understand what is the fourth.
This will require just for the
public notice, two thirds vote
to pass, in other words, six
votes, the law will remain in
effect.
Council members are free.
Of course, we will share what
they would like. Who would like
to speak on the the possible
veto in the reconsideration
vote?
You can take your time.
Okay.
Would anyone like to start off
Teresa?
Council member, would you like
to start?
>> I you very much.
You know I am happy to wait.
Are there others who worked on
the original legislation?
Seeing no hands going up first,
I am happy to chime in first.
I am sure we will have other
people who will comment.
I am extremely disappointed
that we are here today.
I am extremely disappointed
that again we have to have this
conversation about how we will
not engage in an austerity
budget.
We are not going to engage in
putting populations against
populations, communities of
color against communities of
color.
We are not going to engage in
children versus seniors or
those who are house versus on
house.
We are talking about the very
court& Of government.
This core services of
government should be coming
from the general fund.
When we passed this test
initially, when the councils
that forward, and put forward a
tax on sugar sweetened beverages
but they did so in an
intentional and thoughtful way.
This includes communities of
color, including those most
harmed by the targeting of said
the company.
This includes conscious
analysis of how to make sure
that we kept workers whole and
of the text was implemented,
the dollars went back into the
communities that were being
taxed.
This effort to try to pit one
of us against others in the
community is part of why we are
standing strong to stand up
against the theater.
Today Mister President, I am
supporting the Council in its
original language that it
brought forward to make sure
that we are not replacing
general fund dollars with soda
tax dollars.
The soda tax was a public
health intervention.
It was always a note to be a
public health harm reduction
strategy.
It was not too foot the bill
for general government.
Today Mister President, we
stand in solidarity with the
public health advocates who
work in that we need to reduce
consumption of the sugary wheat
and beverage with the voters
who knew that we were yet again
imposing a regressive tax that
doing so in a way to the have
the intention to give money
back to the communities that
were being harmed by high,
sugary sweetened beverages.
We recognize that yes
consumption has not declined
because we do not have those
dollars in hand.
We have not direct them to the
educational programs, to the
early learning programs, to the
programs that ensure that there
is more than just high salt,
high carb, high fat food in our
communities.
We may access to fruits and
vegetables and healthy foods.
We need community gardens.
We need committee education
programs work that is what
these dollars were intended to
do in addition to making sure
that we supported everything
programs, home visiting
programs, food assistance
programs, I do believe that we
should do both.
We can do both.
The sugary student tax beverage
or the tax was never intended
to pad the pockets of our
budget overall.
Instead, he needs to go back
into the very communities that
supported this to begin with.
As a public health advocate,
they champion to make sure that
we are investing in our
earliest learners, and someone
who want to see our communities
unhealthier and greener, and
live longer, we need to be true
to what we have promised to the
voters.
That was that this money would
be walled off and intentionally
directed to those who are
consuming sugary weekend
averages at the highest rates.
We reduce consumption overall
to create healthier communities
across the board.
Mister President, I am
supporting the initial bill.
[ Cheers and applause ]
>> Thank you councilmember.
>> Councilmember Gonzales, I am
speaking directly to you at
this point.
I could not see if you raised
your hand when I asked if
anybody wanted to pick.
I will say that a few members
of the Council would like to.
Maybe it would be appropriate
for you to say a few words
initially.
I can recommend people here
physically or would you like to
wait for me to recognize others
first?
>> Thank you Council President.
I do not have anything more to
add than the original comments.
I agree with the remarks made
from I call it. I am ready to
vote yes on this.
For all of those reasons, I look
forward to having an
opportunity to win and if we
call role on this bill, thank
you.
>>.
After you hear a few opinions,
I will just come back here again
just in case you want to say
something.
I will certainly give you
another opportunity.
Thank you for that.
Who would like to take next?
[ Laughter ] when you are
looking at me& [ Laughter ] I
am sorry, I am trying to convey
complex thoughts.
Neck I am pretty good at
reading language.
I did not know.
The Mac I do want to speak.
I want to speak before
councilmember O'Brien.
Of the council members are
going to vote no on this agenda
item.
I would like to hear from them
first before I go on.
>> I understand, if possible.
I will let every member speak
at they would.
I will recognize you as I see
hand. Councilmember Brian, I
saw your hand next.
>> I can be brief.
I spoke to this numerous times.
I think the councilmember said
it very eloquently.
I fully support everything you
said.
I will be voting in support of
the legislation to override a
veto.
[ Cheers and applause ]
>> Thank you.
You know, I do not typically
run [ Indiscernible - low -
volume ], last time everyone
spoke my daughter was there and
she said do not see anything
bad.
I did not get a chance to say
anything.
I just want to say something
quickly.
We will see who wants to close
the debate.
I am certainly overriding the
veto.
For these reasons, it was very
simple that when we as a
Council created this revenues
dreams; quite candidly and
quite honestly, I was against
this tax it was a very
aggressive tax I thought the
black and found communities
that suffer the most.
I had to be convinced as to why
this made, like this made sense
from an investment strategy.
Some of the same places that I
am looking at now, convinced
me.
This revenues dreams is for the
long-term health of our
community.
This revenue stream was to make
sure that we and the importance
of health.
We have to from a grassroots
standpoint go against a strong
marketing effort that sometimes
target poor neighborhoods.
This began to make sense to me.
We took a lot of his by the way.
People remember that.
I was one of the few people
that were getting hit from all
angles.
We did this.
We got through it.
We did not say it was going to
be capped.
We did not say and by the way,
if we generate more, we are
going to do this.
We said this is going back into
our community.
For me, this is a simple vote.
It is consistent with our
values.
I will vote to override the
veto.
I look forward to that that.
Thank you very much.
[ Cheers and applause ]
>> So I can keep going if you
want.
I will not.
Council members one, would you
like to say a few words?
>> Thank you president.
Every year during the budget,
it is shocking to see how the
general front that could be
spent on anything are used by
the mayor and the majority of
the counsel.
This year, for example, the
mayor's and $400 million on
policing.
$10 million was spent on
inhumane and ineffective sweeps
of hummus encampments and $1
million studying the regressive
tolls on city streets.
Not one discretionary dollar
was on affordable housing.
This bill is about whether the
funds raised for the sweetened
beverage tax go into the
general fund or whether they are
in a special fund to be only
used for things like access to
healthy foods.
This bill is not about whether
or not to have the sweetened
beverage tax.
We are not relitigating that
discussion.
I voted against the
implementation against the tax
because it is so regressive,
putting the majority of the
burden on poor and working-
class peopl.
Today the vote is about whether
the funds are reserved to
support healthy food options
for the very people who are
going to be paying the majority
of the tax.
This measure to be able to use
the funds for the community it
self medicated the regressive
nature of the tax, taking some
of the revenues into the hands
of the communities. Because of
that, of course, there is no
doubt that I intend to vote
yes.
This ordinance is not about
cutting ex $.3 million from
other various important
programs out there dark and has
claimed.
This book has nothing.
However, the man's lie while
absurd on the face, needs to be
taken seriously.
She has the power to propose a
different kind of budget.
If she says that programs will
be cut, she is effectively
threatening to cut the funding
to the programs if the social
service operators do not fall
into line.
There are reports that the
mayor has had department heads
calling social service writers
and threatening to cut the
funding.
In the end, this is what the
bill is about.
This is not about one partition
versus another.
It is not a palace intrigue in
City Hall.
This bill goes to the heart of
the matter that we face in our
city.
This is the lack of political
courage in City Hall to tax big
business so that all of the
programs that we need can be
fully funded.
All of our needs in a society
can be funded.
That is not happening.
This is life you have
situations like this where we
are struggling to find a
measure of social justice and
even that is being called into
question by putting programs
against programs.
It is done by using Peter to
pay Paul strategy.
As our movement is growing,
absolutely we want to win this
today and override the mayor's
agreed to speak up.
That will not be enough.
We need to continue fighting
for full funding of all of our
programs.
That full funding will not come
on the basis of the most
regressive taxes in the entire
nation.
That is what we have in our
city today.
We need to generate the
political courage to text big
business and the wealthy so
that all of the needs of the
community and especially the
most marginalized are funded.
That carried as you know is not
going to start from most
politicians.
It will in the grassroots, and
the workplaces, and the
communities.
I look forward to working with
you in September and October in
our people's budget
movement.
Thank you.
[ Cheers and applause ]
>> Any other council members
who woul like to become
efficient?
Councilmember Carl, would you
like to see if you?
>> Just piggybacking off of
councilmember comments about
what the intent of this
legislation is and is not my:
when we heard that the man and
some of her department to where
raising this concern in the
community that by sequestering
these funds for the intended
programs, that might mean fewer
funds for other programs that
we all cared about.
We worked to actually amend the
legislation to include a
recital that clarifies what the
counsel's incentives and what
our expectation is for the
mayor.
And so, included in this piece
of legislation, is an amendment
that clarifies that the
legislation is not intended to
reduce funding for any impacted
programs and I think this neck
part is really important.
The executive is expect to
identify other sources to
maintain full funding for these
additional programs that we
care about.
That is what we are hoping to
see in the budget process
easier, coming up in September.
Thank you.
>> Thank you.
Councilmember.
>> Thank you.
We have gone through this how
many times?
Four or five in this chambers. I
as budget chair had raised an
amendment one occasion.
I supported a councilmember on
another to that we went through
this last year during the
budget cycle.
We had agreed that we would
have an interest budget both
and adopted for this year and.
I will tell you that I am
probably the lease comfortable
up here around this issue we
are having.
I do feel that this is hitting
one community against another.
Many of us up here, against the
other.
It is the second floor against
the seventh floor.
This is a necessary going
forward.
I do want to record that
whereas I fully support the
sweetened beverage tax
investment, I support the
appropriations we made last
year for a number were critical.
Those were public health,
caring for the communities, in
other ways for the parent-child
home program, the child care
assistance program and I nurse
family partnership program.
All of these things are
important to all of us.
Coming up in October, what I am
asking my colleagues to do is
we really need to prioritize
the revenue for these other
programs that we hold dear.
Of course, we are going to hold
our thanks, we need this money
for our fresh box.
We know how important that is.
The operational cost for
permanent support of housing,
all of the things that we
invested in through the tax
last year are important.
We must resolve the conflicting
funding priorities as we go
forward in the balance budget.
I am asking you, I'm also
asking the council central data
in the mayor's office to help
us look at the entire system of
expenditures, primarily for
human service. I believe that
this council has had over and
over again services and finding
housing for the unsalted are
the top priority.
We also know that some of the
invest not working.
We are not getting the benefits
we expect.
My goal here as budget chair,
unfortunately I have to take a
courageous decision and say we
have to have a balance budget.
There is not a single thing
that we have done in the last
year to suggest that we are
very good at cutting things.
I am committed as I know the
mayor is to find the money in
our general fund to support
what we are doing.
I know where the wind is
blowing up here as my friend
Richard, used to say, you do
not need a weatherman to know
which way the wind is blowing
and how the is coming.
I want to make sure that as we
are moving forward with these
things, we ultimately are going
to have to make some decisions.
One is going to be we need
additional revenues to cover
this.
I am asking my calling, over
the next month, before the
budget really begins in
October, I want to hear from
you about, either one time
funds that you are going to be
willing to cut?
We need additional revenues. We
have got to work with the
executive to make sure.
I am not going to be voting to
override the veto.
I believe she had a really good
reason for doing that.
I do want my colleagues to know
that I am committed to making
sure that all of the
investments that we have
identified in the 2018 budget
for this year and next year are
held completely whole.
And not patched.
>> Okay.
>> Oh, come on.
>> Councilmember.
>> Okay prior to my
appointment, I have the
opportunity to knock on the
doors of about 2000 people in
my district.
One of the things that I hear
consistently at the door was
you seem like a nice guy.
If you get to the council, do
not get caught up in the fight
between the Council and the
mayor.
In my district specifically, I
think this is what led to the
live and the call for
accountability.
So this is hard.
This is hard for a variety of
reasons.
These are reasons that I
outlined that were deeply
pressed to me.
I grew up on many of the
programs that we are talking
about funding.
Not only do I know the first
hand, the importance of his
program, the question becomes
how do we fund these programs.
The underlying issue and the
issues that I have inherited
with regards to the decisions
that led to this situation,
these are such that we still
have yet to address the
underlying part which is how do
we find them.
The tensons have escalated in
this entire debate between the
Council and the mayor, it has
really been disheartening for
me and quite frankly,
heartbreaking.
You know, I am here trying to
focus on solutions.
I really want to work with all
of my colleagues, my colleagues
are all dedicated public
servants.
I am wanting to work with
everyone to figure out how we
best do this.
This is not about versus them.
This is really about all of us
trying to drive the solution
forward. In the end, there are
10 people responsible for the
leadership of the Eddie.
Nine council members, one
mayor.
And so, as a sole vote against
this ordinance, I will support
the man's media.
I will say this right now.
It is my priority and do not
interpret this vote as not
wanting to put the money back.
This is a vote to say how do
you figure out the solution
that I know very because the
underlying issue still remains.
We have not identified the
funding sources and I am
willing to work with anyone to
identify the funding sources in
order to put the money back and
not pit organizations against
each other.
That has and probably the most
disappointing and disheartening
for at this entire process.
We are better than this.
I am going to vote to uphold
the veto.
>> Thank you councilmember.
Okay.
We are almost ready to vote.
Does anyone else want to any
other words?
Councilmember&
>> Thank you Mister President.
To circle back, I think it is?
That I believe it was a
councilmember who mentions that
this is not about a political
fight between council members.
This is not a political fight
between the second floor and
they set for.
This is about a can set
committed we have made to the
community.
The leadership that you have
sent are bringing this issue
forward today, this is intended
today to be a vet that signals
our commitment to fully funding
these programs not just the
programs that are funded by the
sugar sweetened beverages at
the very programs that were
funded through the sugar
sweetened beverages tax
erroneously last year.
We want to make sure that all
of these programs get funding.
You heard that from us last
time.
A commitment to make sure that
the home visiting programs and
early learning programs and
food bank programs are equally
find it just like we made a
commitment to the voters that
supported the sugar sweetened
beverage tax.
This is get enhanced funding.
It was always intended to be
enhanced funding.
As we move forward, I have sent
the message of unity around
these programs that large are
held up.
I appreciate the good comments
that were made last time.
We are going to be looking for
ways to keep these programs
whole.
What we hopefully will be able
to avoid going forward after
today is not falling victim to
manufactured crisis.
We will not have ourselves be
pitted against each other in
creating unnecessary stress on
the their communities that we
have asked to trust us and
support this tax.
I am hoping that this type of
drama that has been stirred up
will be behind us in the
rearview mirror so that this
counselor can fully focus on a
robust budget that invested are
most vulnerable and are
communities that had his likely
been not included in budget in
the past decades.
This is a council that will
unite around those issues.
Regardless of what the vote is
today, I am hoping that we will
not devolve a manufactured
crisis in October and November.
I do not want this to be a
signal of what is to come.
Let's unite around funding.
Again, I call for the
additional revenue to make sure
we are not in a particular
budget going forward.
The Mac thank you.
>> AS AMENDED SO DURING OUR
ROLLCALL COUNCILMEMBERS WILL
DEVOTE HIGH, TO OVERRIDE THE
MAYOR'S VIEW OR NO, TO STAND
THE VOTE.
SO IN OTHER WORDS ON THE MOTION
IS TIDY, AND LESS THAN TWO
THIRDS, THE BILL FAILS AND THE
VETO IS SUSTAINED.
OKAY.
DOES EVERYONE UNDERSTAND THAT,
OKAY.
ALL RIGHT, SO OKAY.
STATE THAT AGAIN.
I CAN PUT IT AND I WAS READING
A SCRIPT LET ME PUT IT IN PLAIN
ENGLISH.
IT IS SIX VOTES, IF THERE ARE
SIX VOTES, THE VETO IS FAILED.
SIX VOTES.
ANY SIX VOTES, SIX AYE VOTES,
THE VETO FAILS.
SIX OR MORE.
OKAY.
OKAY, IS THAT CLEAR.
OKAY.
SO, REMEMBER, AYE IS TO
OVERRIDE.
OKAY, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL.>> GONZALEZ.
>> AYE.
>> PACHECO.
>> NCE.
>> PRESIDENT.
>> AYE.
>> WE HAVE SIX IN FAVOR, THREE
OPPOSED.
>> SO AS I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT.
>> MOTION CARRIES, THE VETO IS
OVERRIDDEN AND THE CHAIR WILL
SIGN THE BILL CERTIFYING
POSITIVE COUNSEL BILL IN 19551.
OKAY.
PLEASE CALL THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM.>> OKAY.
OH.
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALES, GO TO
BED.
IT IS LATE THAT.
OKAY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE WILL NOW PROPERLY EXCUSE
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALES FROM
THIS PROCEEDING.
NOW, LET'S READ THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 2 RESOLUTION 318
97 CALLING FOR AN END TO THE
U.S. GOVERNMENT ECONOMIC
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL
EMBARGO AGAINST GUVA.
>> I KNOW SOME FOLKS DIDN'T GET
A CHANCE TO RAISE YOUR HAND IF
YOU HAD A CHANCE TO GO, CINDY
DOMINGO IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO
VISIT CUBA ON A DELEGATION TO
LEARN FROM THE CULTURE AND THE
COMMUNITY AND TECHNOLOGY AND
MEDICINE THERE WILL YOU PLEASE
RAISE YOUR HAND.
FOR THE FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO GO TO CUBA I THINK THAT
YOU WILL AGREE WITH THE COUNCIL
UP HERE AND THE MAJORITY OF THE
GENERAL PUBLIC THAT THE CUBA
EMBARGO IS NOT ONLY CREATING A
HARDSHIP FOR THE INDIVIDUALS
WHO LIVE IN CUBA, THE KIDDOS,
THE WORKERS, THE ELDERS, BUT IT
IS ALSO CREATING A HARDSHIP
BECAUSE WE IN THE UNITED STATES
DO NOT GET THE BENEFIT OF
LEARNING FROM THE TECHNOLOGY
AND THE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY THAT
THEY HAVE, THE HEALTH
APPROACHES THAT THEY HAVE, THE
INCREDIBLE WAYS IN WHICH THEY
HAVE RENOVATED THEIR EDUCATION
SYSTEM AND CREATED SOME OF THE
HIGHEST LITERACY PROGRAMS ARE
LITERACY RATES IN THE ENTIRE
WORLD SO TODAY, I APPRECIATE
YOU BEING HERE AND I WANT TO
UNDERSCORE OUR APPRECIATION
OVER THE LAST DECADES OF PEOPLE
WHO HAVE CONTINUED TO ENGAGE
AND INTERACT WITH THE PEOPLE OF
CUBA AND TO LEARN FROM THE
INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS
TO CREATE THIS CROSS NATIONAL
LEARNING OPPORTUNITY.
SINCE 1996, CUBA HAS SUFFERED
UNDER THE EMBARGO THAT THE
UNITED STATES HAS IMPOSED IN
VARIOUS DEGREES AND VARIOUS
STRENGTHS, AGAINST OF THE
COUNTRY OF CUBA AND UNDER THIS
FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION, WE SEE
AN INCREASED INTENSIFICATION OF
THIS EMBARGO, THE PEOPLE OF THE
UNITED STATES THOUGH AGREE WITH
WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS
CONSIDERING TODAY, THE MAJORITY
OF PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES
THINK THE EMBARGO IS
INEFFECTIVE, INHUMANE, AND A
VIOLATION OF U.S. LAWS AND
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS.
AND THAT IS WHY 11 OTHER CITIES
IN THIS COUNTRY HAVE ALREADY
PASSED SIMILAR RESOLUTIONS,
RICHMOND, BERKELEY, OAKLAND,
SACRAMENTO, ALL IN CALIFORNIA,
OAKLAND MASSACHUSETTS, HARTFORD
CONNECTICUT, MONTANA,
MINNEAPOLIS, PITTSBURGH, ST.
PAUL AND DETROIT, THOSE LAST
TWO JUST PAST THE RESOLUTIONS
THIS YEAR AND THERE IS FIVE
MORE CITIES WHO ARE CURRENTLY
CONSIDERING SIMILAR RESOLUTIONS
TO CALL FOR OUR CONGRESSIONAL
MEMBERS TO PUT THE PRESSURE ON
AND AND THE EMBARGO AGAINST
CUBA TODAY.
WE HAVE 193 MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS
IN THE UNITED STATIONS, UNITED
NATIONS.
AND REPEATEDLY, THE
OVERWHELMING MAJORITY HAVE
VOTED IN FAVOR OF ENDING MORE
RECENTLY 189 MEMBER
ORGANIZATIONS WITH TWO
COUNTRIES ABSTAINING, THIS IS
THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE WORLD,
CALLING FOR AN END TO THIS
EMBARGO AGAINST THE CUBA PEOPLE.
ECONOMIC DAMAGES IN ONE YEAR
ALONE, FOR CUBA AMOUNTED TO OVER
$4 TRILLION AND STILL, CUBA HAS
ACHIEVED SOME REMARKABLE,
REMARKABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS,
INCLUDING THE HIGHEST, LITERACY
RATE IN THE WORLD OVER 99% OF
THE POPULATION HAS ACHIEVED
HIGH LITERACY RATES, GUARANTEED
ACCESS TO EARLY LEARNING,
PRENATAL CARE AND LONG-TERM
CARE, WHICH HAS RESULTED IN
LIFE EXPECTANCY RATE OF OVER 79
YEARS.
INDIVIDUALS IN CUBA ARE LIVING
LONGER THAN INDIVIDUALS HERE IN
THE UNITED STATES, REGARDLESS
OF WHAT, BECAUSE ACTUALLY WHEN
YOU HAVE POOR OR HELD OUTCOMES,
THE ENTIRE POPULATIONS SUFFERS,
SO WE HAVE A LOT TO LEARN FROM
OUR FRIENDS IN CUBA, INFANT
MORTALITY RATES ARE AS LOW AS
ZERO .4%.
THAT IS 0.4%, MANY OF US
INCLUDING ME AND MANY
INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT TO SURVIVE
GIVING BIRTH WHO WANT THEIR
KIDDOS TO SURVIVE ESPECIALLY IN
THAT FIRST YEAR, OF LIFE, WE
HAVE A LOT TO BENEFIT FROM
ENDING THE EMBARGO AND
CONTINUING TO LOOK AT THE
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY AND ADVANCES
FROM THE TEACHERS AND THE
COMMUNITY IN CUBA, I WANT TO
CALL OUT SOME OF THE SPECIFIC
ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT WERE RAISED
IN PUBLIC TESTIMONY TODAY, SOME
F THESE ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY
INCLUDE DIABETES DRUGS, VACCINE
FOR MENINGITIS AND HEPATITIS B
AND ANTIBODIES FOR KIDNEY
TRANSPLANT AS WELL AS OTHER
THERAPEUTIC VACCINES, THAT CAN
HELP US ADVANCE OUR CAUSE TO END
LUNG CANCER, ONE OF THE MOST
DEVASTATING CANCERS THAT WE
KNOW OF THEY HAVE HELPED TO
CREATE AN ANTIBODY AGAINST
THAT, SO THIS IS INCREDIBLE
TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE THE
BENEFIT OF LEARNING FROM.
AND, I THINK IT IS PAST TIME,
THAT WE ENDS THIS PUNITIVE
POLICY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE
CONTINUE TO EXTEND OUR
COMMITMENT AND OUR MESSAGE OF
SOLIDARITY ACROSS THIS COUNTRY,
WITH THE PEOPLE OF CUBA I AM
PROUD THAT THIS RESOLUTION WILL
MAKE US NOW A DOZEN CITIES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT WILL BE
CALLING FOR AN END TO THE
EMBARGO AND I WANT TO
CINDY, CITY, CINDY DOMINGO, O
SITTING HERE A LONG TIME CIVIL
RIGHTS LEADER AND LABOR LEADER
WHO HAS LED THE DELEGATIONS
DOWN TO CUBA WITH THE U.S.
WOMEN AND CUBA COLLABORATION, A
HUGE AMOUNT OF APPRECIATION FOR
ALL THE WORKS THAT YOU HAVE
DONE, MY PARENTS DID HAVE THE
CHANCE TO TRAVEL WITH YOU AS
WELL AS A NUMBER OF OTHER
PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE, WHO
HAVE OVER THE YEARS HAD THE
CHANCE TO BENEFIT FROM GOING ON
SUCH DELEGATIONS, SO TO ALL OF
THE FOLKS WHO ARE LISTENING TO,
DO KNOW THAT WE HERE IN THIS
CORNER OF THIS COUNTRY, WILL
CONTINUE TO STAND UP AGAINST
OPPRESSION AND THAT INCLUDES
THE PUNITIVE MEASURES IN THE
EMBARGO THAT HAS BEEN
INCORRECTLY PLACED ON THE
PEOPLE OF CUBA FOR THESE PAST
FEW DECADES AND WE WILL SEND
THIS MESSAGE OF SOLIDARITY NOT
ONLY TO THE PEOPLE OF CUBA
BECAUSE I KNOW YOU SENT IT TO
OUR FRIENDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
AND ACROSS THE WATER AS WELL,
AND WE WILL SEND IT TO OUR
CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS AS WELL,
THERE IS LEGISLATION THAT
CONTINUES TO BE INTRODUCED,
RECENTLY REINTRODUCED AGAIN TO
CALL FOR AN END TO THE CUBAN
BLOCKADE AND JUST SENDING A
MESSAGE OF SOLIDARITY, THANK
YOU CINDY.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA, DONALD TRUMP CLAIMS
THAT THERE IS SOME SORT OF
HUMANITARIAN JUSTIFICATION FOR
THE EMBARGO ON CUBA AND THAT IS
ABSOLUTELY LUDICROUS, IS IT
MINISTRATION IS BLOCKING
SUPPLIES NEEDED TO REBUILD FROM
HURRICANES WHILE SENDING DEADLY
WEAPONS TO THE SAUDI ROYAL
FAMILY, THE REALITY IS THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND THE
BIG BUSINESS INTEREST REPRESENT
AND PUSH THIS EMBARGO BECAUSE
THEY ARE OPPOSED TO ESSENTIAL
SERVICES BEING A PART OF THE
PUBLIC SECTOR AND THEY DO NOT
WANT THE SUCCESSFUL EXAMPLE OF
CUBA TO BE LEARNED BY MILLIONS
OF AMERICANS WHO WILL WANT THE
SAME THING IF THEY SAW HOW
SUCCESSFUL IT WAS.
AS WAS MENTIONED, BY PUBLIC,
KEYLESS HEALTHCARE, PEOPLE LIVE
LONGER AND HAVE A FAR BETTER
HEALTH OUTCOMES WHILE LIVING
AND INFANT MORTALITY RATES ARE
ENVIABLE, CUBA'S PUBLIC
EDUCATION HAS MEANT HIGHER
LITERACY RATES AND TRAINING AND
MORE DOCTORS EXPORTED
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
THEN ANY INDUSTRIALIZED NATION.
CUBA'S PUBLIC INVESTMENT AND
HOUSING HAS MEANT THAT THEY DO
NOT HAVE AND HAVE NOT HAD THE
HOMELESS CRISIS THAT WE SEE IN
EXTREMELY WEALTHY CITIES LIKE
SEATTLE.
AND THIS IS, IN OUR TINY ISLAND
NATIONS STRANGLED BY AN
EMBARGO, BY THE MOST POWERFUL
ECONOMY OF THE WORLD.
AND RECOVERING FROM A LEVEL V
HURRICANE.
AS A SOCIALIST MYSELF, MY VIEW
OF SOCIALISM IS A SOCIETY WHERE
THE ECONOMY IS RUN
DEMOCRATICALLY BY WORKERS AND
THEIR COMMUNITIES TO BENEFIT
THE VAST MAJORITY OF HUMANITY
AND TO MAINTAIN THE PLANET,
CUBA SHOWS AN IMPORTANT GLIMPSE
INTO WHAT IS POSSIBLE, BUT
SOCIALISM AND WHAT WE NEED TO
DO IS GO WELL BEYOND WHAT IS
ACHIEVED OR HAS BEEN ACHIEVED
THROUGH THE CUBAN REVOLUTION,
CERTAINLY THE CLIMATE CRISIS
WHICH WE ARE DISCUSSING
APPROPRIATELY DISCUSSING TODAY
CALLS FOR A FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT
AWAY FROM CAPITALISM, THAT
WOULD MEAN THE BIGGEST
CORPORATIONS IN OUR ECONOMY ARE
RUN DEMOCRATICALLY, TAKEN INTO
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP, NOT FOR THE
PROFITS AND WELL, WEALTH OF A
FEW SHAREHOLDERS, WHEN YOU
COMPARE CUBA TO HAITI,
COUNTRIES A SIMILAR SIZE AND
MANY SIMILAR HISTORICAL POINTS,
CLIMATE AND NATURAL RESOURCES,
YOU CAN SEE THE DAY AND NIGHT
DIFFERENCE, WITH THE ADVANTAGES
OF A PUBLIC SECTOR, COMPARED TO
THE EXPLOITED OF NATURE OF
CAPITALISM, SO I AM HAPPY TO
SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION AND
LET'S FIGHT FOR AND WHEN
MEDICARE FOR ALL.>> THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, WOULD ANY
OTHER COLLEAGUES LIKE TO SAY
ANYMORE WORD BEFORE WE VOTE ON
THE RESOLUTION?>> I JUST WANT
TO SAY THANK YOU CINDY.
FOR ALL YOUR WORK.
OKAY.
LET'S DO THIS, THOSE IN FAVOR.
OF ADOPTING THE RESOLUTION AS
ELOQUENTLY STATED BY
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT AND
MOSQUEDA, PLEASE VOTE AYE.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
RESOLUTIONS ADOPT AND WE WILL
SIGN IT.
PLEASE READ AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
THREE.
>> AGENDA ITEM THE RESOLUTION
318 93 RELATING TO TAXATION
STATING AN ATTEMPT TO ADOPT
LEGISLATION OPPOSING A LOCAL
SALES AND USE TAX AT THE
MAXIMUM RATE AUTHORIZED TO FUND
INVESTMENTS IN AFFORDABLE AND
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
>> I AM REALLY EXCITED TO BRING
FORWARD THIS LEGISLATION TODAY
I KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS
POLICY WITH A LOT OF WONKY
SAUCE ON IT BUT IT IS REALLY
EXCITING THIS IS A LEGISLATION
THAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE
INITIALLY PASSED THIS LAST
SESSION OF HOUSE BILL 1406,
WHICH ALLOWS FOR MUNICIPALITIES
TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS TAX
DOLLARS THAT ARE ALREADY BEING
COLLECTED AND ACTUALLY INVEST
THEM INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING
SO, WE DO HAVE ITEMS THREE AND
FOUR I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO ITEM
3 RIGHT NOW AND THEN I WILL NOT
SPEAK AGAIN TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR
MR. PRESIDENT BUT THIS IS A
REALLY IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY
FOR US TO BOTH PASS A
RESOLUTION AND THEN SUBSEQUENT
ORDINANCE IN THE SAME DAY TO
ALLOW FOR US TO ACT ON THIS
BRAND-NEW REVENUE OPPORTUNITY
TO BUILD HOUSING.
FIRST THANK YOU TO
REPRESENTATIVE DO ROBINSON AND
REPRESENTATIVE NICOLE MacQUARIE
WHO WERE THE LEAD SPONSORS ON
THIS LEGISLATION TO ALLOW FOR
THESE JURISDICTIONS TO GET A
PORTION OF THESE DISTINCT SALES
TAX AND IT TO OUR
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
TEAM AND A LOBBYING TEAM FOR
THEIR SUPPORT OF THIS, IT IS
CRITICAL THAT WE GET DOLLARS IN
HERE TO BUILD AFFORDABLE
HOUSING NOW AND WE ARE IN
COORDINATION WITH OUR COUNTY
PARTNERS ON THE TIMING OF
IMPLEMENTING THESE DOLLARS BUT
WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT IS
THAT WE HAVE DOLLARS IN HAND TO
BUILD HOUSING COUNCILMEMBER
HARRELL IS A COSPONSOR OF THIS
LEGISLATION AND THROUGH THE
LAST FEW MONTHS I THINK WE HAVE
BEEN ENGAGED IN CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT HAD WE NOT JUST ACCESS
THE DOLLARS THAT ARE GOING TO
BE AVAILABLE TO THE CITY AROUND
$4.5 MILLION A YEAR BUT HOW DO
WE ACTUALLY EXPAND THOSE,
MULTIPLY THOSE DOLLARS AND BOND
AGAINST THOSE DOLLARS, SO
COUNCIL MEMBER HARRELL THIS IS
SOMETHING YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING
ON IN PAST YEARS AND I THINK
THIS GIVES US ONE MORE TOOL TO
ALLOW US TO BOND AND GET
CAPITAL DOLLARS IN HANDS AT A
MINIMUM WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
BONDING TO BE ABLE TO GET $50
MILLION TO INVEST IN THE
HOUSING, AND THIS IS A REALLY
IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY FOR US,
TO GET THOSE DOLLARS IN HAND
AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE
RECOGNIZE THAT THIS DOES NOT
MEET THE SCALE OF THE CRISIS
THAT WE HAVE IN TERMS OF THE
NEED FOR NEW REVENUE, SO JUST
AS A REMINDER, WE HAVE THE NEED
FOR AROUND 156,000 UNITS OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WE NEED
TO MEET THE NEED FOR TODAY,
THAT DOESN'T EVEN INCLUDE THE
INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY COME HERE
AS IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES, OR
PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING HERE AS
ECONOMIC REFUGEES LOOKING FOR A
GOOD LIVING WAGE JOB OR TO
START THEIR OWN BUSINESS OR THE
FOLKS WHO ARE COMING HERE AT
CLIMATE REFUGEES, SEEKING A
MORE STABLE CLIMATE, GIVEN THE
CRISIS THAT MANY OF OUR
COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS PHASE
ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH
WILDFIRES AND INCREASED
FLOODING AND INTENSE
úTEMPERATURES, AND UNSTABLE
SITUATIONS, MORE PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO COME TO THIS REGION SO
WE MUST GO TO THE HOUSING TO
MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY WHO IS
IN OUR REGION HAS A PLACE TO
CALL HOME AND THAT PEOPLE
AREN'T GETTING PUSHED INTO THE
STREET OR PUSHED OUT OF OUR
CITY LIMITS.
SO IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE
TO ACT UPON THE LEGISLATION
THAT WAS PASSED, THE STATE
LEGISLATURE, WE NEED TO BEGIN
COLLECTING FUNDS BY OCTOBER 1,
IN ORDER FOR US TO MEET THAT
DEADLINE, TODAY, COUNSEL IS
CONSIDERING LEGISLATION THAT
ALLOWS FOR US BY SEPTEMBER 1 TO
AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTIVE TO GIVE
A 30 DAY NOTICE TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AND WE
ARE REALLY EXCITED THAT WITH
THE PASSAGE OF THE RESOLUTION
AND THE ORDINANCE TODAY, YOU
WILL BEGIN TO BE ABLE TO CREATE
THAT SPENDING PLAN THAT WILL BE
HEAVY EMPHASIS ON CAPITAL, ALSO
RECOGNIZING THAT WE DO NEED TO
MAKE SURE THAT OUR PERMANENT
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING THAT DOES
GET DEVELOPED HAS THE FUNDS FOR
CASE MANAGERS AND ADDITIONAL
ONGOING SUPPORT THROUGH
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, SO
THERE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF A
BALANCE BUT HEAVY EMPHASIS ON
THE ACTUAL CAPITAL
CONSTRUCTION, THANK YOU MR.
PRESIDENT I THINK THAT
SUMMARIZES THE COMMENTS HERE,
BUT I WOULD BE REMISS TO SAY,
THAT AS WE CREATE HOUSING THE
EMPHASIS WITH THESE DOLLARS
WILL BE ON THE LOWEST INCOME
WORKERS FOLKS WHO ARE MAKING
LESS THAN 30% OF THE AREA
MEDIAN INCOME BECAUSE THE OF
THE POPULATION RIGHT NOW THAT
THE MARKET IS NOT GOING TO BE
BUILDING FOR AND WE MUST STEP
IN AND BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING
AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE
TEAM FOR MAKING THIS POSSIBLE
INCLUDING TRACY RADCLIFFE FROM
CENTRAL STUFF, AOMORI, EMILY
ALVARADO AND AARON HOUSE, FOR
MY OWN OFFICE FOR THEIR INTENSE
WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT
THIS PAST, ON TIME TO BUILD
HOUSING AND TO OUR LEGISLATIVE
PARTNERS WHO HAVE MADE THIS
POSSIBLE, THANK YOU MR.
PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> I AM HAPPY TO SPONSOR IT,
THANK YOU AS WELL COUNCIL
MEMBER 15 FOR RECOGNIZING THE
WORK THAT THIS COUNSEL HAS DONE
IN THE PAST AND ENSURING THAT
WE USE OUR BONDING CAPACITY IN
ORDER TO HOLD AFFORDABLE HOUSING
AND 2017, THIS COUNSEL HAD A
CONVERSATION ABOUT DOING JUST
THAT, WE USED OUR BONDING
CAPACITY FOR ALMOST EVERYTHING,
THAT THE CITY BUILDS, WHETHER
OR NOT IT IS BUYING NEW PARKING
METERS, OR FIXING THE SEAWALL,
A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT
CAPITAL PROJECTS IN BETWEEN BUT
WE WERE NOT USING OUR BONDING
CAPACITY TO BUILD HOUSING.
AND, GIVEN THAT WE HAD PRIORITY
2017, JUST A COUPLE YEARS PRIOR,
DECLARATIVE STATE OF EMERGENCY,
THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT
TO USE THE CITIES ABILITY TO
ISSUE DEBT TO BUILD HOUSING,
THAT SHOULD BE A PRIORITY FOR
THE CITY.
JUST LIKE AGAIN WE USED THIS
FOR OTHER THINGS, THAT THE CITY
NEEDS, THE CATCH THOUGH, IN
USING OUR BOND AUTHORITY, FOR
AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR USING OUR
BOND AUTHORITY FOR ANYTHING,
THE CATCH IS WE ARE SHOWING
THAT, AND WE HAVE TO HAVE
SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO PAY OFF THE
DEBT, SOMETIMES IT IS FOR 20
YEARS, SOMETIMES IT IS FOR 30
YEARS, THIS LEGISLATION BEFORE
US TODAY ALLOWS SEATTLE TO
ACCESS EXISTING REVENUE THAT
WOULD OTHERWISE BE USED BY THE
STATE THAT WE CAN INCREASE THE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WE CAN
BUILD UNDER THIS YEAR'S FUNDING
AVAILABILITY TO NONPROFITS, BUT
IT IS ONLY, IT IS ONLY AN
ALLOCATION OF STATE SALES TAX,
THAT WE CAN USE OVER THE NEXT
20-30 YEARS DEPENDING ON WHAT
THE TERM IS THAT WE DECIDE TO
ISSUE THE DEBT FOR, FOR WHAT WE
BUILD ADDITIONALLY THIS YEAR,
IT IS A HIGH PRIORITY FOR ME
THAT SEATTLE DOUBLE OUR HOUSING
INVESTMENTS FOR EACH OF THE
NEXT FOUR REMAINING YEARS OF
THE HOUSING LEVY, SO THAT WE
CAN ACT ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS
OF THE 2018 McKENZIE REPORT,
THAT SAYS OUR REGION NEEDS TO
INVEST BETWEEN 360 TO $410
MILLION A YEAR TO BUILD
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO JUST IN SEATTLE ALONE WE
NEED TO BE DOUBLING OUR ANNUAL
INVESTMENTS AND AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
THIS LEGISLATION BEFORE US
TODAY HELPS FOR THIS YEAR,
BECAUSE AGAIN IT GIVES A
REVENUE SOURCE, THAT WILL ALLOW
US TO DOUBLE OUR INVESTMENTS,
IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THIS
YEAR.
BUT IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO
USE OUR BOND AUTHORITY IN ORDER
TO DOUBLE OUR ANNUAL
INVESTMENT, AND AFFORDABLE
HOUSING FOR EACH OF THE NEXT
FOUR REMAINING YEARS OF THE
HOUSING LEVY, AND IF WE WANT TO
DO SO IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T
RELY ON OUR EXISTING REGRESSIVE
TAXES TO DO SO, WE WILL NEED
ANOTHER NEW PROGRESSIVE REVENUE
SOURCE, NEXT YEAR, AND THE
YEARS FOLLOWING.
IF WE CANNOT FIND ANOTHER NEW
PROGRESSIVE REVENUE SOURCE THAN
WE ONLY HAVE OUR EXISTING
REGRESSIVE TAXES, THAT ARE
CONTINUING RELIANCE ON THEM,
WHETHER OR NOT IT IS TO BUILD
AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR TO DO THE
OTHER THINGS THAT ARE REALLY
IMPORTANT TO THE CITY.
WILL HURT RENTERS, MOM AND POP
LANDLORDS, LOW INCOME AND
MIDDLE INCOME HOME OWNERS,
SENIORS AND SMALL BUSINESSES
ALIKE SO I AM JUST PUTTING THIS
OUT THERE BECAUSE IF WE REALLY
WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT WE
ARE DOING THIS YEAR, FOR
SUBSEQUENT YEARS, WE NEED TO
FIND AN ONGOING REVENUE SOURCE
IN ORDER TO PAY OFF THE DEBT
THAT WE WOULD ISSUE TO BUILD
MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.>> VERY
GOOD.
OKAY.
SAWANT?
>> I WILL BE VOTING YES ON THIS
BILL, AND THE NEXT ONE WHICH
WILL BOTH BE BILLS TO MAKE A
TINY INCREASE IN THE FUNDING
FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IT IS
FUNDED THROUGH SALES TAXES TO
BE CLEAR IT IS NOT UNUSED SALES
TAX, IT IS SIMPLY THE STATE
GIVING THE CITY A SMALL
PROPORTION OF THE TAXES THEY
ALREADY COLLECT SO THE CITY CAN
SUPPORT IT WITHOUT CREATING
ADDITIONAL BURDENS ON HOUSE
REGULAR PEOPLE WHO ALREADY PAY
WAY TOO MANY TAXES IN SEATTLE
WERE BIG BUSINESS GETS OFF
VIRTUALLY SCOT-FREE.
IN THE MAYOR'S ANNOUNCING THIS
BILL, SHE SAYS IT WOULD RAISE
$50 MILLION WHICH MAKES IT
APPEAR THAT IT IS REPLACING THE
AMAZON TAX.
THAT WAS REPEALED BY THE MAYOR
AND THE MAJORITY OF THIS
COUNSEL, HOWEVER IN THE FINE
PRINT WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL TO
SEE THE FINE PRINT, THAT IT IS
ONLY RAISING A FEW MILLION EACH
YEAR IN THE CITY THAT COULD
MAKE $15 MILLION OF THOSE FUNDS
ONE TIME, IF IT PAID OFF THAT
$50 MILLION OVER THE NEXT 20
YEARS.
I SUPPORT EVERY POSSIBLE
AFFORDABLE HOME FOR OUR WORKING
FAMILIES, AND WILL OF COURSE BE
SUPPORTING THIS BILL AS I SAID,
BUT WE NEED TO BE CLEAR AT
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD OUTLINED
THAT THIS IS A TINY DROP IN THE
BUCKET IF YOU LOOK AT THE
AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT ARE BEING
THROUGH RESEARCH WE KNOW THAT
WE NEED TO ADDRESS IN ORDER TO
RAISE IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE
SCALE OF THE PROBLEM SO THIS IS
RELYING ON SALES TAXES IS GOING
TO BE COMPLETELY INSUFFICIENT
NUMBER NOT TO MENTION
COMPLETELY UNJUST.
IF WE ARE TO HAVE A CITY HALL
THAT ACTUALLY ADDRESSES THE
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS
CRISIS, THEN WE CAN NOT DUCK
THE QUESTION OF TAXING BIZ
BUSINESS, AND WE WILL ALSO NEED
RENT CONTROL.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, AT THIS
MOMENT IT IS MY DUTY TO POINT
OUT TO WHAT INCREDIBLE LINKS
THE POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT
WILL GO IN ORDER TO USE SALES
TAXES AS A COVER TO AVOID
TAXING BIG BUSINESS, THE CITY
LOBBIED THE STATE LEGISLATURE
TO PASS A SPECIAL LAW GIVING
THE CITY THE ABILITY TO SPEND
THIS TINY FRACTION OF
REGRESSIVE TAX ON AFFORDABLE
HOUSING, THE DEMOCRATS IN
OLYMPIA WHO HAVE A MAJORITY IN
ALL HOUSES AGREED TO CHAMPION
IT, THEY PASSED THE LAW,
SENDING OUT PRESS RELEASES
BRAGGING ABOUT WHAT THEY
ACCOMPLISHED, THEN SEATTLE'S
MAYOR BROUGHT THIS BILL ALONG
WITH PRESS RELEASES BRAGGING
ABOUT WHAT SHE HAD
ACCOMPLISHED, MEANWHILE TENS OF
THOUSANDS ARE HOMELESS,
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS ARE IN
DANGER OF BEING DISPLACED, AND
WASHINGTON STATE CONTINUES TO
HAVE THE MOST REGRESSIVE TAX
SYSTEM IN THE ENTIRE NATION,
THE QUESTION WE SHOULD BE
ASKING IN OUR MOVEMENT SHOULD
BE ASKING, WHERE WILL THE
LOBBYING EFFORT FROM CITY
OFFICIALS TO REPEAL THE BAN ON
MIND CONTROL, WHERE WAS THE
BILL IN OLYMPIA TO TAX AMAZON
OR CAPITAL GAINS OR ANYTHING
ELSE THAT WOULD TAX THE RICHEST
PEOPLE RATHER THAN THE POOR AND
WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE YET AGAIN.
WHERE IS THE BILLION-DOLLAR
SOCIAL HOUSING PROJECT THAT THE
CITY COULD HAVE ADVOCATED FOR
AND THE STATE COULD'VE PASSED
IN THIS BUDGET, PAID FOR BY
TAXES ON THE SUPER RICH, NONE
OF THAT WAS ON THE POLITICAL
ESTABLISHMENTS AGENDA, THAT IS
WHY WE CANNOT RELENT OUR
MOVEMENT CANNOT RELENT AND BE,
WHILE WE STRONGLY SUPPORT EVERY
AFFORDABLE HOME POSSIBLE
INCLUDING THROUGH THE BILL
TODAY, WE AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING
ADVOCATES MUST HOLD A POLITICAL
ESTABLISHMENT ACCOUNTABLE FOR
ALL THAT THEY ARE NOT DOING.
THANK YOU.>> THANK YOU.
WE WILL VOTE ON A RESOLUTION.
ARE WE READY TO VOTE ON A
RESOLUTION?
>> MR. PRESIDENT.
JUST VERY SHORT, I FORGOT TO
SAY, AARON HOUSE WHO HAD WORKED
ON THIS LEGISLATION IT IS ALSO
HER BIRTHDAY TODAY SO HAPPY
BIRTHDAY AARON FOR YOUR WORK ON
THIS LEGISLATION WE APPRECIATE
YOU AND AGAIN WE APPLAUD THE
FUTURE EFFORTS TO GET
ADDITIONAL REVENUE IN HAND AND
ALL THAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE FOCUS ON 0 TO
30% EMI, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WE ARE
GOING TO PASS THIS RESOLUTION
FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY.>> THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
WITH THAT, THOSE IN FAVOR OF
ADOPTING THE RESOLUTION PLEASE
VOTE AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO.
THE MOTION CARRIES THE
RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
PLEASE READ THE CORRESPONDING
BILL.
>> RELATING TO TAXATION OF
IMPOSING A LOCAL SALES AND USE
TAX TO FUND INVESTMENT IN
AFFORDABLE AND SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING ADDING NEW SECTIONS TO
THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE,
AMENDING SECTION 5.60.0 30 OF
THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE AND
RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING
CERTAIN PRIOR THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THAT THE BILL
PASSED.>> COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA, YOU SORT OF DESCRIBE
THAT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAVE A
FEW MORE WORDS OR PROCEED WITH
THE VOTE.>> THESE PROCEED.>>
YOU SURE?
>> YES I AM SURE.>>, PLEASE
CALL THE ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF
THE BILL.>> SAWANT.
>> AYE.
>> HERBOLD.
>> AYE.
>> O'BRIEN.
>> AYE.
>> HARRELL.
EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES, PLEASE SIGN
IT.
>> THE REPORT OF THE
SUSTAINABILITY AND
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AGENDA
ON FIVE COUNSEL BILL 119602
RELATING TO THE FINANCING OF
THE CENTER CITY STREETCAR
CONNECTOR PROJECT AUTHORIZING
THE LOAN OF FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT
OF $9 MILLION FOR DESIGN OF THE
STREETCAR, THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THE BILL PASSED.>>
THANK YOU, THIS PIECE OF
LEGISLATION WOULD AUTHORIZE A
LOAN TO FUND UP TO $9 MILLIN
TOWARDS STREETCAR ONGOING
STREETCAR ENGINEERING AND
DESIGN WORK, AS FOLKS WHO ARE
PROBABLY AWARE, THE STREETCAR
PROGRAM HAS BEEN ON HOLD AND
DECISION TO PURCHASE IS ON HOLD,
WELL, THE MAYOR AND THE
DEPARTMENT DO SIMILAR ANALYSIS
THEY HAVE DONE A BUNCH OF
ANALYSIS AND WOULD LIKE TO
PROCEED WITH FURTHER ANALYSIS
WHICH WILL INCLUDE AND WILL
COST UP TO $9 MILLION, ON
ANALYSIS INCLUDES FURTHER STUDY
OF THE SIZE OF THE CARS,
CHANGES THAT MIGHT NEED TO BE
MADE TO THE BASES OR,
PLATFORMS, AND PROBABLY MOST
IMPORTANTLY THE STRUCTURAL
COMPONENTS THAT MAY NEED TO BE
REINFORCED THE FOURTH AVENUE
STREET VIADUCT WHICH IS
ESSENTIALLY THE INTERSECTION OF
FOURTH AVENUE AND JACKSON.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE INTENT
IS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS
PROJECT BUT THE MAYOR CANNOT
FULLY COMMIT TO THAT UNTIL THIS
ENGINEERING WORK IS DONE AND
THE UNDERSTANDABLE COST
RAMIFICATIONS OF THAT.
THE INTENT IS THAT THE
INTERFUND LOAN WOULD BE REPAID,
BY PROCEEDS, THAT WOULD BE
REIMBURSING GAS TAX MONEY, FROM
THE SALE OF THE MERCER MEGA
BLOCK PROPERTIES THAT
DISCUSSION WILL START IN MY
COMMITTEE THIS FRIDAY AND
HOPEFULLY WILL BE COMPLETE
BEFORE BUDGET, THAT TRANSACTION
WOULD LIKELY BECOME PLEADED IN
2020.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
BRIAN.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> THANK YOU, I WANT TO START
OFF BY THANKING THE MAYOR AND
THE DIRECTOR SAMSON FOR THE
TRANSPARENCY THEY HAVE BROUGHT
TO THIS PROJECT, IT IS A REAL
IMPROVEMENT OVER THE PREVIOUS
LEADERSHIP, I DON'T SUPPORT
MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT
NONETHELESS, IT WAS, THE COST
IS MOST RECENTLY ESTIMATED AT
$286 MILLION.
MORE THAN TWICE THE HUNDRED AND
$35 MILLION ESTIMATE, INCLUDED
IN THE 2015 SMALL STARTS GRANT
APPLICATION TO THE FEDERAL
TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION.
AND THIS IS TWICE THE COST
ESTIMATED IN 2015, BEFORE WE
HAVE EVEN BROKEN GROUND ON THE
PROJECT.
A COUPLE OF THE OTHER REASONS
THAT I HAVE STRONG CONCERNS, IN
2017 THE ESTIMATE COST WAS 158
MILLION, THE COUNCIL ADOPTED
AMENDMENT THAT I PROPOSED
REQUIRING THAT THEY REPORT THE
COUNCIL, IDENTIFY CONTINGENCY
STRATEGIES AND POTENTIAL
FUNDING SOURCES TO ADDRESS THE
RISK THAT FUTURE FEDERAL
TRANSIT AGENCY FUNDS ARE NOT
INCLUDED IN THE FEDERAL BUDGET
TO REIMBURSE THE CAPITAL
CONSTRUCTION COST OF THE
PROJECT.
IT STATED THAT THE REPORT SHOULD
IDENTIFY CONTINGENCY STRATEGIES
AND POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES
TO ADDRESS THE RISK OF UNDER
COLLECTING FUTURE OPERATING
REVENUE, IN THE CASE THAT
RIDERSHIP PROJECTIONS DO NOT
MEET THE ESTIMATES, FURTHER,
THIS IS, FURTHER THIS IS AN
AMENDMENT THAT THE FULL COUNSEL
VOTED TO SUPPORT, BUT
NEVERTHELESS WE HAVE NOT
RECEIVED ANY ANSWER FOR HOW TO
PAY FOR THE EXTRA COST OF THE
PROJECT, FOR BOTH CONSTRUCTION
AND OPERATIONS, MORE HAVE
RECEIVED A PROPOSAL TO FULLY
FUNDED, THE MOST LIKELY OPTION,
TO BE PROPOSED, THAT WILL
PROBABLY HERE IN THE FUTURE, TO
PAY FOR THESE EXTRA COSTS IS BY
NOT FINDING OTHER
TRANSPORTATION PRIORITIES, AND
AS WE ALL KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT
OF TRANSPORTATION PRIORITIES.
FOR CONSTRUCTION FUNDING,
THANKS TO THE FIRST-QUARTER
ENHANCED CAPITAL PROJECT
REPORT, FOR THE 2019 WATCHLIST
THAT THE COUNCIL ADOPTED EARLY
THIS YEAR, WE LEARNED THAT THE
$50 MILLION FROM FTA THE
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION
WILL EXPIRE IN SEPTEMBER 2020,
IF A SMALL STARTS GRANT
AGREEMENT IS NOT YET EXECUTED.
AND THIS IS A QUOTE FROM THE
REPORT, WE DO NOT EXPECT TO
HAVE AN EXECUTED SMALL STARTS
GRANT AGREEMENT BY SEPTEMBER
2020 UNDER THE REVISED DRAFT
SCHEDULE.
SO, WHAT THAT MEANS IS NOT ONLY
IS THE ADDITIONAL 25 MILLION
THAT WE WERE HOPING TO GET FROM
FTA, NOT IN HAND, BUT IT IS
VERY UNLIKELY THAT WE SHOULD
EXPECT AN APPROPRIATION OF THE
ORIGINAL $50 MILLION.
SO, IF THE FTA FUNDING FOR THE
PROJECT IS MORE UNCERTAIN THAN
EVER WHAT IT APPEARS TO BE,
THIS WILL RESULT IN A POSSIBLE
$140 MILLION FUNDING GAP,
NEARLY HALF OF THE COST OF THE
PROJECT.
EVEN IF THOSE DOLLARS WERE TO
COME IN, THE 75 MILLION WOULD
ONLY COVER ABOUT 26% OF
CONSTRUCTION COSTS.
AGAIN THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATE THAT
SDOT INCLUDED IN ITS GRANT
APPLICATION WAS THAT THOSE
DOLLARS WOULD COVER MORE THAN
HALF THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS.
SO, IN SHORT I REALLY DO NOT
THINK IT IS GOOD PUBLIC
STEWARDSHIP OF LIMITED PUBLIC
RESOURCES THAT HAVE A REALLY
IMPORTANT DEMAND MAINLY OUR
FINITE TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS,
DO NOT BELIEVE IS IT IS GOOD
STEWARDSHIP OF THOSE RESOURCES
TO VOTE BEFORE EVEN HAVING A
FUNDING PROPOSAL FOR THE
PROJECT.
SECONDLY, THE ORIGINAL PURPOSES
OF THE TWO EXISTING LINES ARE
ALREADY BEING SERVED BY
TRANSIT.
THE SOUTH LAKE UNION LINE WAS
DEVELOPED TO CONNECT SOUTH LAKE
UNION, TO LIGHT RAIL.
THE FIRST HILL LINE, WAS BUILT
IN LIEU OF A LIGHT RAIL STATION
TO CONNECT THE CAPITOL HILL AND
THE CHINATOWN ID STATIONS,
ACADEMIC RESEARCH SHOWS, AS
DANNY WESTON HE AND OTHERS HAVE
NOTED THAT STREETCAR PROJECT
SIR PRIMERA T, PRIMARILY FOR
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND IT IS
HARD TO CLAIM THAT IT IS IN THE
HEART OF DOWNTOWN, AND IN ANY
CASE, THE TRANSPORTATION FUNDS
I BELIEVE SHOULD BE USED FOR
OTHER TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS
PRIMARILY, TO ADDRESS OUR NEEDS
OF OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM.
DOWNTOWN IS WELL COVERED BY
BUSES AND WE HAVE A LIGHT RAIL
LINE WHERE THE CENTER CITY
STREETCAR WOULD GO.
I AM REALLY SKEPTICAL ABOUT THE
RIDERSHIP PROJECTIONS, THE
ORIGINAL PROJECTIONS FOR THE
SOUTH LAKE UNION LINE WAS OVER
900,000 RIDERS IN 2018.
BUT THE ACTUAL NUMBER IS A
LITTLE BIT OVER $500,000, OR
500,000 RIDERS, IT IS 44% BELOW
THE PROJECTIONS.
AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS WHEN
WE DO NOT HAVE THE RIDERSHIP
THAT WE EXPECT, WE ARE NOT
ELECTING THE BAY REVENUE THAT
WE EXPECT, AND THAT CREATES A
NEED FOR ANOTHER OPERATING
SUBSIDY, AND AGAIN, HAVING
FINITE TRANSPORTATION RESOURCES
THAT OPERATE IN SUBSIDY, MIGHT
WELL, FROM THE OPERATING
SUBSIDY WE COULD OTHERWISE BE
PROVIDING TO SERVE METRO, AND
ADDRESS THE NEEDS ASSOCIATED
WITH METRO TRANSIT.
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ALL
OF SEATTLE TO HAVE GOOD TRANSIT
CONNECTIONS, FROM SEATTLE TO
SOUTH LAKE UNION EMPLOYMENT
CENTER, AND 2016 WHEN THE C
LINE ROUTE FROM US TO SEATTLE
SHIFTED, TO RUN TO SOUTH LAKE
UNION RATHER THAN ENDING IN
DOWNTOWN, RIDERSHIP WENT UP
20%.
THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU
INVEST IN BUS TRANSIT, THE USE
OF BUS TRANSIT INCREASES
DRAMATICALLY WE ARE ONE OF THE
ONLY CITIES IN THE NATION WHERE
TRANSIT RIDERSHIP HAS INCREASED
IN, AND THAT IS IN NO SMALL
PART BECAUSE OF OUR INVESTMENT
IN PROP ONE, TO FIND BUS
TRANSIT.
THE, I THINK ANOTHER REALLY
IMPORTANT NOTE OF CAUTION IS
THAT I, I 976 HAS QUALIFIED FOR
THE STATE WIDE NOVEMBER BALLOT,
IF IT PASSES AND I HOPE IT
DOESN'T, IN 2020, THE SEATTLE
TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT
WILL LOSE $25 MILLION IN
VEHICLE LICENSING FEES.
THAT VOTERS APPROVED IN 2014
FOR ADDITIONAL BUS SERVICE,
BEYOND WHAT IS FUNDED BY KING
COUNTY METRO, THIS COULD AFFECT
OUR ABILITY TO MAINTAIN CURRENT
FUNDING LEVELS FOR SERVICE IN
2020, ON THE C LINE FOR EXAMPLE
OVER ONE THIRD OF THE SERVICE,
ON THE C LINE IS FUNDED BY PROP
ONE.
I WANT TO ALSO THINK BUDGET
COMMITTEE CHAIR SHOP FOR WHAT
SHE OFFERED ON SPENDING FOR
THIS PROJECT INCLUDED IN THE
2019 BUDGET, I THINK WE WILL
NEED A SIMILAR RESTRICTION IN
NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, AND I ALSO
WANT TO MAKE NOTE OF CONCERNS I
HAVE HEARD FROM WEST SEATTLE BY
COMMUTERS ABOUT SAFETY WITH
STREETCAR TRACKS, THEY WOULD
NEED TO CROSS IF THIS IS BILLED
TO REACH THEIR JOBS IN DOWNTOWN
AND SOUTH LAKE UNION, THEY ARE
VERY WORRIED ABOUT THEIR
SAFETY, AND SO IF THIS MOVES
FORWARD, BICYCLE SAFETY MUST BE
ADDRESSED IN ALL PORTIONS OF
THE LINE.
AND IN CLOSING, ALTHOUGH
TRANSPORTATION, STREETCAR
PROJECTS ARE KNOWN NOT TO BE
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS BUT
RATHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
PROJECTS, THESE ARE THE KINDS
OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
PROJECTS THAT BENEFIT THE TYPES
OF BUSINESSES THAT CAN WEATHER
THE CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS OF A
PROJECT LIKE A STREETCAR
PROJECT, WE RECEIVED AN EMAIL
FROM A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER ON
FIRST AVENUE, THE SMALL
BUSINESS OWNER RIGHTS, THAT
THEY ARE ON A VERY TIGHT BUDGET
IN TRYING TO SHOWCASE LOCAL
ART, THE RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY
AND VISITORS FROM ALL OVER THE
WORLD THEY ARE A GALLERY OWNER,
IT IS A DIFFICULT BUSINESS BUT
A MUCH NEEDED CULTURAL ASSET WE
WORK REALLY HARD TO KEEP OUR
DOORS OPEN AND ARE COMING UP ON
OUR TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY IT IS
NEVER EASY AND SOME MONTHS WE
STRUGGLE MORE THAN OTHERS BUT
WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANT
ROLE THAT ART PLAYS IN OUR
CITY, AND IT IS WORTH EVERY BIT
OF HARD WORK THAT WE PUT INTO
THE GALLERY DAILY.
THEY GO ON TO WRITE THAT THE
STREETCAR IF IT GETS APPROVED
IT IS UNLIKELY THAT THEY AND
SEVERAL OTHER SMALL BUT
IMPORTANT BUSINESSES ON FIRST
AVENUE WILL SURVIVE.
THE IDEA OF POTENTIALLY TEARING
UP OUR LIFELINE FIRST AVENUE
FOR ANY AMOUNT OF TIME BRINGS
ON TREMENDOUS STRESS AND
ANXIETY, WE RELY ON FIRST
AVENUE BEING OPENED TO
THOUSANDS THAT WALKED BY EACH
DAY, IF THE STREETCAR GETS
IMPROVED, CONSTRUCTION WILL
DETER HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE FROM
WALKING ON FIRST AVENUE, THAT
ALONE COMING INTO OUR GALLERY
TO BUY ART.
WHAT IS THE REASON FOR BUILDING
THE STREETCAR IN THE FIRST
PLACE.
FIRST AVENUE IS BUSY, LIVELY
STREET, WITH TRAFFIC PROBLEMS
ALREADY.
A FIXED RAIL STREETCAR WILL
ONLY ADD TO THE TRAFFIC MESS
MAKING DOWNTOWN LESS ACCESSIBLE
FOR THOSE WHO LIVE IN THE CITY,
AND GIVE THEM YET ANOTHER
REASON TO AVOID SHOPPING ALONG
FIRST AVENUE.
AND WHO WINS, BIG BUSINESSES
THAT CAN AFFORD TO WAIT IT OUT
WHILE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS
RIDICULOUS STREETCAR TEARS OUT
FIRST AVENUE AND DRIVES OUT ALL
OF THE LOCAL BUSINESS.
AND SO, AGAIN, I THINK THAT
THERE ARE A LOT OF PROBLEMS
WITH THIS PROJECT.
PRIMARILY, MY MAIN CONCERN IS
THAT WE ARE USING PRECIOUS
TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS FOR WHAT
IS ESSENTIALLY AN ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY THAT WILL
NOT BENEFIT ALL BUSINESSES, AND
WILL RESULTS IN THE CITY
NEEDING TO CONTINUE TO
SUBSIDIZE BOTH THE CONSTRUCTION
OF THE STREETCAR AS WELL AS ITS
ONGOING OPERATIONS, AND THAT
THAT WILL OVER TIME, NEGATIVELY
IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO CONTINUE
TO FIND IN TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEMS THAT WORK AND ARE VERY
SUCCESSFUL WITH THE BUS LINE,
THANK YOU.>> WE HAVE A BILL IN
FRONT OF US, I WANT TO MAKE SURE
EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY.>>
COUNCILMEMBER, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR MUCH OF WHAT YOU SAID
THERE, YOU KNOW YOU AND I HAVE
BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS AND
AGREEING WITH SOME THINGS AND
ON OTHERS BUT I DO WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE THAT ARE STANDING IN THE
BACK, DON BLAKE FROM DSA,
LESLIE SMITH FROM FORMALLY WITH
PIONEERS SQUARE LINES AND JENNY
WHO WAS HERE I HAD AN OCCASION
TO MEET WITH A HALF A DOZEN
MOST RECENTLY AND PERHAPS 18
MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ABOUT
THREE MONTHS AGO, AND WHAT I
HEARD FROM ACROSS THE BOARD,
WHETHER IT WAS BUSINESSES LARGE
AND SMALL, WHETHER IT WAS OUR
SERVICE PROVIDERS, WHETHER IT
WAS PEOPLE ALONG FIRST AVENUE
HAVING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN
THE TWO EXISTING LINES, OF OUR
STREETCAR, MADE A LOT MORE
SENSE THAN JUST HAVING THEM AS
INDEPENDENT WORMS THAT DO NOT
GO ANYWHERE, SO I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD HAS SAID, IT IS A MAJOR
CONCERN OF MINE AS THE EXTRA
COST OF CONSTRUCTION WHETHER
THE JUICES ARE WORTH THE
SQUEEZE, I BELIEVE THIS $9
MILLION IS WORTH GOING FORWARD
THOUGH, LET'S CONTINUE THE
CONSTRUCTION, THE EVALUATION,
BUT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO
FIGURE OUT THE OPERATIONS COST,
WHAT COUNCILMEMBER EARL SAID I
THINK IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE,
PARTICULARLY IF THAT WILL SHIFT
TO THE GENERAL FUND, BUT I DO
SEE THE VALUE OF HAVING A
UNIFIED CONNECTED SYSTEM I AM
GLAD TO SUPPORT THIS NEXT
PHASE, BUT I DO WANT TO HAMMER
AGAIN WHAT I SAID THIS MORNING,
WE NEED TO HAVE A GREAT
MOBILITY STRATEGIC PLAN TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE KNOW WHAT TIMES
AND HOW WE CAN PROMOTE FREIGHT
GETTING AROUND THE CITY,
PARTICULARLY AROUND DOWNTOWN
BECAUSE AS MORE AND MORE
MESSAGES ARE BEING DELIVERED,
WE NEED SPACES FOR TRACKS, WE
NEED TIME WHETHER IT IS A
TEMPORAL CHANGE AND HOW AND WHEN
TRUCKS DELIVER THE PACKAGES OR
HOW WE ARE GOING TO WORK THAT
THROUGH SO WE ARE NOT DONE YET,
WE ARE CERTAINLY NOT OUT OF THE
WOODS BUT IF SDOT WILL WORK
WITH US ON THE MOBILITY
STRATEGY, REALLY FIXING LEFT
TURNS, ON FIRST AVENUE, SO THAT
WE CAN HAVE A DEDICATED LANE
FOR LIGHT RAIL, AND FRANKLY, I
THINK AND AS A BICYCLE WRITER I
CAN SAY THIS, I THINK BIKES
NEED TO BE MOVED OFF OF WHERE
WE HAVE LIGHT RAIL, LET'S
PROVIDE DEDICATED SAFE
SEPARATED BICYCLE LANES, GOOD
SAFE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS,
BUT DO NOT TRY TO MIX THEM
BECAUSE IT JUST DOES NOT WORK,
SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
AGAIN, DSA THANK YOU DON FOR
BEING HERE FOR ALL OF OUR
PIONEER SQUARE ALLIANCE
FRIENDS, AND THE NONPROFITS
INCLUDING COMPASS HOUSING,
CHIEF SEATTLE CLUB, THOSE
ADVOCATES WERE REALLY
PERSUASIVE TO ME, THAT THEY
WANTED THIS CONNECTION AND
ALSO, TOM GRAFF AND OTHERS FROM
BELLTOWN AND OUR PUBLIC HEALTH
LEADERS THAT CAME AND SAID THIS
IS IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO GET
THIS IN THE SERVICES TO PEOPLE
THAT NEED IT SO I AM GOING TO
BE SUPPORTING THIS $9 MILLION
INVESTMENT, AND FOR OTHERS NEXT
YEAR, YOU WILL HAVE TO MAKE UP
YOUR MIND AFTER YOU SEE WHAT
COMES BACK AND, HOW MUCH THE
COSTS ARE.>> THANK YOU
>> OKAY, IF WE ARE READY TO
CLOSE, DID YOU NEED TO SAY ANY
CLOSING REMARKS?
>> READY TO VOTE.
>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> SAWANT?
>> AYE.
A
>> HERBOLD.
>> NAY.
>> JUAREZ.
>> AYE.
>> O'BRIEN.
A
>> AYE.
>> PACHECO.
A
>> AYE.
SIX IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED.
>> BILL HAS PASSED, WE WILL
SIGN IT.
PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM INTO
THE RECORD.
>> RELATING TO AGREE NEW DEAL
FOR SEATTLE ESTABLISHING GOALS
IDENTIFYING ACTIONS NECESSARY
TO MEET THESE GOALS AFFIRMING
THE FEDERAL GREEN NEW DEAL
RESOLUTION AND CALLING FOR THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ENACT
POLICIES TO ADVANCE AGREE NEW
DEAL.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS A
RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED.>>
COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN?>> THANK
YOU, ARE WE READY TO TALK ABOUT
THE GREEN NEW DEAL?
FOLKS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR A
COUPLE HOURS FOR THIS.
COLLEAGUES I'M REALLY EXCITED TO
HAVE A CHANCE TO VOTE ON THIS
RESOLUTION, I AM REALLY, REALLY
EXCITED FOR IMMUNITY MEMBERS
THAT HAVE BEEN COMING TOGETHER,
FOR YEARS AND PARTICULAR IN
THIS EFFORT IN THE LAST FEW
MONTHS, TO REALLY HIGHLIGH THE
CHANGES THAT WE NEED TO MAKE,
THIS RESOLUTION HAS A LOT IN
IT, AS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE NO
DOUBT SEEN, IT TOUCHES ON A LOT
OF ASPECTS, I WILL SAY THAT THE
MY INTERPRETATION OF THE
FEDERAL GREEN NEW DEAL, AND
WHAT I HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH HERE,
IN BRIEF WITHOUT TOUCHING ON
ALL THE POINTS IN THE
RESOLUTION, IS THAT WE HAVE TO
ADDRESS THE CLIMATE CRISIS,
THAT IS BARRELING DOWN TOWARDS
US, AND WE HAVE TO DO IT IN A
WAY THAT WE SIMULTANEOUSLY
ADDRESS THE ECONOMIC CRISIS THAT
FACES TOO MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY
MEMBERS, AND THE SOLUTION TO
THAT HAS GOT TO BE THE SENATOR
LIFTING UP THE VOICES OF PEOPLE
WHO HAVE IN PACKED IT HIGH
POLLUTION AND THE CLIMATE
CRISIS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES
AND HAVE NOT HAD ACCESS TO THE
OPPORTUNITIES IN THE ECONOMY,
THE TWO OFTEN OVERLOOK CERTAIN
COMMUNITIES AND BY LIFTING UP
THOSE VOICES, THE COMMUNITIES
THAT HAVE BEEN MOST IMPACTED
WHO HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND HOW
DAMAGING BOTH OUR ENVIRONMENTAL
AND ECONOMIC POLICIES CAN BE,
THEY ALSO KNOW THE SOLUTIONS TO
SOLVING BOTH.
IF WE SIMPLY SOLVE THE CLIMATE
CRISIS BUT DOUBLE DOWN AND
LEAVE THINGS BEHIND WE WILL BE
BACK HERE FIGHTING A NEW CRISIS
AGAIN.
AND WE CANNOT SIMPLY SOLVE THE
ECONOMIC CRISIS WITHOUT
ADDRESSIG THE CLIMATE CRISIS.
AND THESE COMMUNITIES GET THAT
BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE I KNOW.
WHEN YOU READ THIS RESOLUTION
KNOW THAT YOU ARE READING THE
VOICES OF SO MANY COMMITTEE
MEMBERS WHO PUT A LOT OF TIME
INTO MAKING THIS RIGHT.
AND RECOGNIZE OF COURSE THE
RESOLUTION ALONE, IS NOT GOING
TO SOLVE IT, WE HAVE A LOT OF
WORK TO DO GOING FORWARD BEYOND
THIS, WE ALREADY HAVE AN
ORDINANCE AND COMMITTEE THAT
WILL BE BACK FOR US, SOON.
WE ARE WORKING ON SOME
TRANSPORTATION ITEMS THAT WILL
BE HERE ON FRIDAY.
AND, THIS WILL LONG LAST MUCH
LONGER THAN MY CURRENT TENURE
ON THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND SO, MY COLLEAGUES ARE HERE
AND WE URGE PEOPLE TO PICK UP
THE WORK AND KEEP GOING
FORWARD, I WILL JUST HIGHLIGHT
THAT THIS RESOLUTION EXPLICITLY
SAYS, THAT SEATTLE WILL BE
CARBON POLLUTION SIGH, CARBON
POLLUTION FREE BY THE YEAR 2030.
WHEN I FIRST STARTED ON THE
CITY COUNCIL, OR SHORTLY AFTER
I STARTED 2011 I BELIEVE WE
PASSED A RESOLUTION COMMITTING
SEATTLE TO BE A CARBON NEUTRAL
CITY BY THE YEAR 2050.
WE HAVE DONE SOME GREAT WORK IN
THE LAST DECADE.
BENDING THE CURVE. ROGRESS IN
AT MOMENTS WE HAVE REDUCED OUR
CARBON POLLUTION AND AT MOMENTS
WE HAVE INCREASED OUR CARBON
POLLUTION.
CONSISTENTLY WE HAVE BEEN
REDUCING IT PER CAPITA, SO I AM
TRYING TO BE OPTIMISTIC THAT IS
POSITIVE.
BUT, ALL THIS ON WHAT WE HAVE
DONE DOES NOT ADDRESS THE
REALITY THAT SCIENCE IS TELLING
US WE MUST DO AT THIS POINT.
AND SO, WHILE WE MAY HAVE THAT
WE HAD 30 MORE YEARS TO FIGURE
THAT OUT, WE ONLY HAVE 10 YEARS
TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING THAT IS
EVEN MORE SERIOUS THAN WE
THOUGHT.
AND THERE WILL BE A LOT OF WORK
TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE ELIMINATE
FOSSIL FUELS FROM OUR CITY AND
OUR ECONOMY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF SOLUTIONS IN
FRONT OF US THAT WE CAN WORK
ON.
BUT IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT
THAT AS WE DO THAT WORK, THAT
WE DO IT IN A WAY THAT
RECOGNIZES THAT MANY PEOPLE
RELY ON FOSSIL FUELS TODAY.
MANY PEOPLE RELY ON IT TO GET
TO WORK BECAUSE IT IS THE ONLY
WAY THEY CAN MAKE IT TO WORK OR
TO GET TO SCHOOL OR TO TAKE THE
KIDS TO SCHOOL.
MANY PEOPLE RELY ON IT TO HEAT
THEIR HOMES.
ANY PEOPLE RELY ON THE FOSSIL
FUEL INDUSTRY FOR A JOB, THAT
SUPPORTS THEIR FAMILY.
AND, THE SCIENCE TELLS US WE
ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GET RID OF
FOSSIL FUELS AND WE CANNOT
WAVER ON THAT BUT WE NEED TO
INCLUDE THOSE FOLKS WHO RELY ON
FOSSIL FUELS WHETHER IT IS FOR
WORK, TRANSPORTATION OR HEATING
OR OTHER NEEDS.
TO BE CENTERED AT THIS TO HELP
US FIGURE OUT HOW THEY CAN
SUCCESSFULLY MAKE THAT
TRANSITION TO A FOSSIL FREE
WORLD.
AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE GOING
TO DO, THAT IS THE WORK BEFORE
US.>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN.
>> SO, THERE MAY BE A QUESTION,
WE DO HAVE AN AMENDMENT
HOWEVER, LET ME BE CLEAR,
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN HAS
INCORPORATED MANY AMENDMENTS
INTO A VERSION 3BI THINK IT IS.
FOR VERSION 2 F, COUNCIL
MEMBERS MAY WANT TO SPEAK TO
THEIR VERSION WHERE THEY MIGHT
BE A NEW AMENDMENT THAT I'M NOT
SURE OF.
LET'S SORT OF WALK-THROUGH
EITHER THE COMMENTS OR
AMENDMENTS.
>> I APOLOGIZE, THANK YOU
COUNCILMAN AND PRESIDENT, IN
COMMITTEE, THERE WERE PROBABLY
ABOUT 10 OR SO AMENDMENTS THAT
WERE BROUGHT UP, AND, WE
INCORPORATE THAT INTO A OTHER
VERSION.
WHICH I WILL MOVE AND ASK FOR
SECOND THEN WE CAN DISCUSS THAT.
THERE WE GO.
SO, I GUESS I WILL SAY THAT I
AM MOVING TO SUBSTITUTE VERSION
3B TO REPLACE VERSION 2F.
I THINK YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE A
COPY IN FRONT OF IT AND THERE
IS A SERIES OF REDLINES
SECTIONS THEY ARE NOT NUMBERED
BUT YOU CAN LOOK THROUGH IT AND
SEE THE VARIOUS AMENDMENTS THAT
ARE INCORPORATED INTO THIS
SUBSTITUTED VERSION AND I WOULD
INVITE COLLEAGUES WHO SPOKE TO
THAT, OR WHO SPOKE TO THAT
DURING COMMITTEE OR OTHERWISE
TO SPEAK TO THOSE AND AT THE
END I WILL MAKE SOME COMMENTS ON
THE ADDITION OF LANGUAGE AROUND
TREES AND ECO-GENTRIFICATION
WHICH IS A TERM THAT WE HAVE
BEEN, WE HAVEN'T USED A LOT BUT
I WILL TOUCH ON THAT.
>> SO WE HAVE MANY AMENDMENTS
THAT ARE ALREADY INCORPORATED
IF COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD LIKE
TO SPEAK ON THE AMENDMENTS THAT
ARE INCORPORATED IN 3B.
YOU CAN SPEAK NOW.>> THANK YOU,
I JUST WANT TO SPEAK TO THE
TREES AND TO OUR FRIENDS THAT
ARE SITTING IN THE FRONT FEW
ROWS, ADVOCATING FOR OUR TREE
CANOPY WE DID ADD SOME LANGUAGE
HERE ENCOURAGING PRESERVATION
AND PLANTING OF TREES, CITYWIDE
TO INCREASE THE CITIES TREE
CANOPY COVER, PRIORITIZING
HISTORICALLY LOW CANOPY AND LOW
INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS WHILE
WORKING CLOSELY WITH
COMMUNITIES TO PROTECT AGAINST
ECO-GENTRIFICATION.
SO, COUNCILMEMBER BRIAN YOU
SAID THAT YOU WERE GOING TO
EXPLAIN ECO-GENTRIFICATION AND
I HAVE HEARD MULTIPLE DIFFERENT
DEFINITIONS OF THAT, BUT JUST SO
OUR URBAN FORESTRY FRIENDS
UNDERSTAND, THAT CLEARLY, WE
ARE NEEDING TO MOVE TOWARDS 1
MILLION TREE CITY, AND I THINK
THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
JUST GETTING IT CLEARLY, IN OUR
PRE-NEW DEAL IS A VERY WISE
MOVE.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER.>>
THE CONCEPT IS FAIRLY SIMPLE,
IN WORDS AND OF COURSE AN
ACTION IT BECOMES A LITTLE MORE
COMPLEX.
BUT THE CONCEPT IS AS WE INVEST
IN COMMUNITIES INCLUDING
INVESTMENTS IN GREEN SPACES,
NEED TO BE CERTAIN THAT WE ARE
DOING IT IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T
CONTRIBUTE TO THE DISPLACEMENT
OF EXISTING COMMUNITY MEMBERS
BY PUSHING UP HOUSING COSTS.
THERE IS A GREAT ARTICLE AND
CROSS CUT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO
THAT TALKED ABOUT THIS
CHALLENGE, AND I ENCOURAGE
FOLKS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT I
BELIEVE IT IS JULY 30 OR SO,
AND IT TALKS ABOUT HOW PEOPLE
IN COMMUNITIES SUCH AS
SOUTHPARK AND GEORGETOWN THAT
DO HAVE A VERY LOW TREE CANOPY,
ARE ABSOLUTELY NOT OPPOSED TO
TREES, THEY WANT TREES AND THEY
ALSO FEAR THAT CONVERTING THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD TO A BEAUTIFULLY
TREED LANDSCAPE MAY ALSO DRIVE
UP PROPERTY VALUES AND ATTRACT
OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE AVOIDED
THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS FOR A LONG
TIME.
LIKE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
ANYTHING WHEN IT COMES TO
GENTRIFICATION AND DISPLACEMENT
OF THE SOLUTION CANNOT BE TO
CONTINUE UNDER INVESTIGATING
COMMUNITIES, EVERY COMMUNITY
DESERVES ACCESS TO A GREEN TREE
CANOPY, TO GOOD SCHOOLS AND
SAFE STREETS.
BUT IT IS ALSO THE REALITY THAT
IS TOO OFTEN IN OUR CITIES IN
THIS COUNTRY THAT WITH THAT HAS
COMES DISPLACEMENT, AND SO BY
CENTERING THE VOICES OF THOSE
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE MOST
IMPACTED BY THE LOW TREE CANOPY
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND
ALLOWING THEM TO DESIGN HOW TO
BRING THE TREE CANOPY AND THE
OTHER STRUCTURES AND SAFETIES
THEY NEED TO PUT IN PLACE I
BELIEVE WE CAN ACHIEVE BOTH AND
I THINK THIS PARTICULAR LINE
ALSO SPEAKS TO THE REAL
UNDERLYING PHILOSOPHY OF THE
ENTIRE GREEN NEW DEAL ABOUT
WHOSE VOICES ARE GOING TO LEAD
ON THAT WORK.>> THANK YOU.>>
COUNCIL MEMBERS, SAWANT?
>> I DID HAVE MANY AMENDMENTS
THAT WERE INCORPORATED INTO THE
NEW VERSION THAT HE HAS
PRESENTED BUT I DO NOT WANT TO
SPEAK SEPARATELY I JUST WANT TO
SPEAK AND MAKE MY GENERAL POINT
ALSO SO WHENEVER YOU SAY.>> WE
WILL SORT OF DO IT AFTER THE
AMENDMENT IS PASSED BUT NOT TO
THE BASE LEGISLATION.
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN.
>> I THINK I WILL WRAP MY
COMMENTS IN ON THE BASE
LEGISLATION IN REFERENCE TO THE
AMENDMENT THAT WAS ALSO MADE IF
I MIGHT THEN I WILL SKIP MY
TURN IN THE FINAL RESOLUTION
BUT THE AMENDMENT THAT WE HAD
THE CHANCE TO WORK ON WITH
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AS WELL
WITH SUPPORT FROM THE LEAD
SPONSOR COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN,
IS ON PAGE 8 WHICH IS IN
SECTION ONE CAPITAL SORRY,
SECTION 6D SORRY, SECTION 7, F.
I DON'T KNOW WHY OKAY, ALPHABET
SOUP, THE POINT IS, THAT WE
HAVE REALLY A GREAT OPPORTUNITY
TO WORK WITH OUR FOLKS
ESPECIALLY IN THE BUILDING
CONSTRUCTION TRADE DOES HE
THINK ABOUT TRANSITIONING
CURRENT WORK TO REALLY HIGH
QUALITY UNION WORK IN THE GREEN
ECONOMY AND ONE OF THE EXCITING
THINGS THAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM
OUR BUILDING CONSTRUCTION TRADE
PARTNERS IS THAT THERE IS A
REALLY STRONG DESIRE TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING THE
MECHANICAL INSTALLATION WHICH
PROVIDES LONG-TERM ENERGY
EFFICIENCY, AND EMISSIONS
REDUCTIONS, COST SAVINGS AND
SAFETY BENEFITS AND SO THE
EXACT LANGUAGE WAS PUT INTO THE
LEGISLATION WITH THE SUPPORT OF
THE LEAD SPONSOR AGAIN THANK
YOU COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN AND
THINKS TO COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
AND YOUR TEAM AND OUR TEAM FOR
WORKING CLOSELY AND QUICKLY TO
INCLUDE THAT LANGUAGE, JUST
BRIEFLY I THINK THAT LANGUAGE
LIKE THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT
AS WE ESPECIALLY THINK ABOUT
THE OVERALL ORDINANCE MOVING
FORWARD, THERE IS A SAYING THAT
MANY OF US ALWAYS KNOW NOTHING
ABOUT US WITHOUT US, AND AS WE
THINK ABOUT THE WAY AND WHICH
THIS LEGISLATION CAME TOGETHER
WAS REALLY ABOUT THE
COMMUNITIES WHO ARE MOST
AFFECTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE AND
HAVING THE LEAST RESPONSIBILITY
FOR CONTRIBUTING TO IT, NEEDING
TO BE THE FOLKS WHO ARE DRIVING
THE CONVERSATION SO THANK YOU
AGAIN TO THE FOLKS FROM GOD
GREEN, FROM 350 SEATTLE, FROM
THE NEARLY 200 COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATIONS AND, FOR ALL OF
YOUR WORK TO INCLUDE THE
COMMUNITY VOICE, LABOR, AT THE
TABLE AS WE THINK ABOUT WHAT A
GREEN NEW DEAL LOOKS LIKE WE
TALK OFTEN ABOUT WHAT A JUST
TRANSITION TO A GREEN ECONOMY
LOOKS LIKE AND THAT MEANS
MAKING SURE THAT FOLKS WHO ARE
IN THESE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRIES
WHO, WHOSE LIFE IS AT RISK FROM
POLLUTANTS AND TOXINS, HAVE THE
ABILITY TO HAVE GOOD, UNION
JOBS IN THE GREEN ECONOMY, AND
I THINK THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU
HAVE SEEN IN THE DRAFT
RESOLUTION SIGNALS THAT
INTEREST AND MAKING SURE THAT
THERE IS FRONT-LINE WORKERS AND
FENCE LINE COMMUNITIES, WHO ARE
AT THE FOREFRONT OF THIS
LEGISLATION BECAUSE IT WAS
DRAFTED BY YOU ALL SO THANK YOU
FOR DRAFTING LEGISLATION AND
THANK YOU FOR THE ONGOING WORK
TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
THINKING ABOUT THE JUST
TRANSITION ELEMENT AND INCLUDING
ACCESS TO GOOD LIVING WAGE
JOBS, UNION OPPORTUNITIES, AND
TANKS AGAIN COUNCIL MEMBER
O'BRIEN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON
THIS OVER THE YEARS, I DO LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU
THIS COUNSEL, AND THOSE 200
ORGANIZATIONS THAT PUT THIS
FORWARD, TO PRIORITIZE STRONG
LABOR PROTECTIONS AND ENSURE
ECONOMIC AND RACIAL JUSTICE IS
AT THE CENTER OF OUR EFFORTS OF
THE CITY, AS IT HAS BEEN ABLE
CONTINUE TO LOOK AT US FOR THE
HIGH WATER BAR AND WE WANT TO
SET THAT STANDARD FOR OTHER
CITIES WHEN IT COMES TO LABOR
STANDARDS IN OUR COMMITMENT TO
ADDRESSING THE GREEN, NEW
ECONOMY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> WE ARE JUST SPEAKING TO THE
AMENDED VERSION, THE AMENDMENT
IN THE AMENDED VERSION?
>> YES.
IF YOU WANT TO BRING ATTENTION
TO ANY AMENDMENTS.
>> SO I ALSO WANT TO THINK
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA AS WELL,
AS ARE LABELED STAKEHOLDERS FOR
HELPING TO IDENTIFY THE
AMENDMENT THAT I COSPONSORED
WITH COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA,
SPECIFICALLY, REQUESTED BY
BUILDING TRADES TO SUPPORT
MECHANICAL INSULATION WHICH
PROVIDES LONG-TERM ENERGY
EFFICIENCY, EMISSIONS REDUCTION
COST SAVINGS AND SAFETY
BENEFITS, THE REASON WHY THIS
IS SO IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE
ENERGY CONSERVATION STARTS WITH
ENSURING THAT WE DO NOT WASTE
THE ENERGY THAT WE ARE
PRESENTLY USING, I ALSO WANT TO
THANK WHOEVER'S GREAT IDEA IT
WAS I HAD A FEELING IT WAS
PROBABLY COUNCIL MEMBER
O'BRIEN'S.
TO INCLUDE LANGUAGE IN THE
AMENDED VERSION, REGARDING
REDUCING THE PREVALENCE OF
SINGLE-USE PLASTICS THAT SOME
OF THE WORK THAT WE BEGUN
DOING.
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO, THANK
YOU.
AND TESTING.
BEGUN DOING SOME OF THAT WORK
IN MY COMMITTEE, AND WOULD
WELCOME YOUR CONTINUED ADVOCACY
ON THIS TOPIC, WE ARE, I WASN'T
OBVIOUSLY IN COMMITTEE LAST
WEEK SO, REALLY HAPPY TO SEE
THAT THIS IS INCLUDED.
REALLY IMPORTANT WORK TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO
DRIVE THIS ISSUE FORWARD.
I ALSO WANT TO SPEAK TO THE
LANGUAGE, THE NEW LANGUAGE
INCLUDED IN THE LEGISLATION,
RELATED TO CONGESTION PRICING.
AND, JUST WANT TO, AGAIN MAKE A
NOTE THAT WE TALK ABOUT
CONGESTION PRICING, AND THE
NEED FOR IT TO BE EQUITABLY
IMPLEMENTED, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EQUITY, A
LOT OF TIMES WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT IMPACTS ON LOW INCOME
PEOPLE AND PEOPLE OF COLOR, AND
I REALLY SUPPORT CONGESTION
PRICING APPROACH THAT CONSIDERS
THOUGH IS IMPACTS PARTICULARLY
CONSIDERING THAT SOMETIMES
PEOPLE ARE WORKING ON OFF, THEY
ARE NOT WORKING ON SHIFTS THAT
ALLOW THEM TO COMMUTE USING
TRANSIT, SO THEY ARE EITHER
WORKING A NIGHT SHIFT OR A
SWING SHIFT, AND SO I THINK IT
IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER
THAT, BUT ALSO, THERE IS A
GEOGRAPHIC EQUITY, COMMUTERS,
SPECIFICALLY IN WEST SEATTLE,
ARE MORE LIKELY TO USE THE SR 99
TUNNEL RATHER THAN HI5, AND
THUS WILL HAVE TO PAY THE
TUNNEL TOOL, THE TUNNEL TOLL OR
WE WILL LOOK FOR WAYS TO AVOID
PAYING THE TUNNEL TOLL AND
WILL, IN ORDER TO DO SO, WILL
HAVE NO OPTION OTHER THAN GOING
THROUGH DOWNTOWN TO AVOID THE
CHARGE, AND SO THERE IS THIS
POTENTIAL FOR BOTH, THERE IS
THE POTENTIAL OBVIOUSLY FOR THE
DOWNTOWN TUNNEL BUT THEN, IN
ORDER TO AVOID IT WHICH
COMMUTERS ALL OVER THE CITY
WILL LIKELY BE TRYING TO DO,
THERE WILL BE NO WAY FOR
COMMUTERS ON, IN WEST SEATTLE
TO AVOID EITHER THE TOLL, OR
THE CONGESTION PRICING SO AGAIN,
I THINK SOME GEOGRAPHIC EQUITY
ON THE IMPACTS IS REALLY
IMPORTANT AS WELL.
IN LOOKING AT HOW TO IMPLEMENT
CONGESTION PRICING WHICH AGAIN,
AS WE KNOW WILL HAVE TO GO TO
THE VOTERS IN ORDER TO PUT INTO
PLACE.
AND THEN FINALLY I WANT TO MAKE
A NOTE, OF MY POSITION AS IT
RELATES TO THE LANGUAGE ON PAGE
12 THIS IS NEW LANGUAGE.
AND IT IS ITEM 11, IT SAYS WORK
WITH OTHER STATEWIDE
ORGANIZATIONS TO ADVOCATE
CHANGES TO STATE LAW REGARDING
RENT CONTROL.
I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT THE
REPEAL, THE STATE LAW.
THAT PROHIBITS CITIES AND
COUNTIES FROM PASSING ANY LAWS,
REGULATING RENT.
I HAVE BEEN A CONSISTENT
SUPPORTER OF REPEALING THAT I
AM CONCERNED AND I WANT TO
STATE FOR THE RECORD I AM
CONCERNED ABOUT USING THE
LANGUAGE RENT CONTROL, I THINK
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE
CHANGE THE FRAME OF THIS
CONVERSATION AND IF WE ARE
GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN
OLYMPIA, RENT CONTROL MEANS A
PARTICULAR THING AND MANY
PEOPLE'S MINDS, AND WHAT IS
IMPORTANT TO ME, IS NOT TO
IMPLEMENT ANY PARTICULAR
VERSION OF RENT CONTROL BUT
WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME,
IS TO REMOVE THE STATEWIDE
PROHIBITION THAT ALREADY EXISTS
IN STATE LAW, PROHIBITING ANY
CITY OR ANY COUNTY FROM
REGULATING RENT IN ANY WAY.
AND I'M CONCERNED THAT IF WE
TALK ABOUT RENT CONTROL, THAT
WE WILL NEVER BE SUCCESSFUL IN
REMOVING THIS PROHIBITION, AND
THIS IS WHY EVERY YEAR, SINCE
WELL, I ONLY RESEARCHED BACK TO
2016.
THE CITY PASSES A STATE
LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
AND WE IDENTIFY IN OUR STATE
LEGISLATIVE AGENDA WHAT THE TOP
PRIORITIES ARE OF THE COUNCIL,
IN OLYMPIA.
AND SINCE I HAVE BEEN A
COUNCILMEMBER STARTING IN 2016,
WITH PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION
31634, THEN IN 2017 WITH
PASSAGE OF RESOLUTION 31723, IN
2018 WITH PASSAGE OF 31787.
AND IN 2019, WITH PASSAGE OF
RESOLUTION 31 852, WE HAVE BEEN
AS I SAID, VERY CAREFUL ABOUT
THE LANGUAGE THAT WE USE
TALKING ABOUT OUR DESIRE AND
OUR INTEREST TO REPEAL THIS
PART OF THE LAW.
AND WE HAVE DONE SO IN
CONJUNCTION WORKING WITH OUR
STATE LEGISLATURES,
LEGISLATORS, BECAUSE THEY ARE
THE ONES WHO ARE DOWN THERE,
WORKING ON REMOVING THIS ONEROUS
AND HARMFUL LANGUAGE, AND SO
THE LANGUAGE THAT WE HAVE USED
IS WE SUPPORT THE REPEAL OR
MODIFICATION OF RCW 3521 830,
TO ALLOW LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO
PROTECT TENANTS FROM RENT
INCREASES, WITHOUT CAUSING A
NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE QUALITY
OR QUANTITY OF HOUSING SUPPLY.
SO THIS ISN'T LANGUAGE THAT
SAYS WE SUPPORT RENT CONTROL,
THIS IS LANGUAGE THAT SAYS WE
SUPPORT THE REPEAL OF THE STATE
LAW, THAT PROHIBITS US, FROM
REGULATING RENT.
AND AGAIN, IT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT TO BRING THIS
FORWARD, IN ORDER TO RESET THE
FRAME IF WE ARE GOING TO BE
SUCCESSFUL IN REPEALING THIS
ONEROUS, ONEROUS LEGISLATION
THAT HURTS NOT JUST THE CITY OF
SEATTLE BUT SAY THESE CITIES
AND COUNTIES.
>> IF YOU WANT TO PUT THAT INTO
AN AMENDMENT HERE I WILL SECOND
DATE.>> THERE WILL BE SOME
ISSUES, IF WE ARE TO ENTERTAIN
THAT IT WOULD REQUIRE
SUSPENDING THE WORLD AT SOME
POINT BUT COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO
DID YOU WANT TO MAKE SOME
COMMENTS ON THAT ISSUE OR
ANOTHER ISSUE?
>> I DO HAVE A PROPOSAL
AMENDMENT UP ON HERBOLD BUT I
DO NOT KNOW IF YOU WANT TO MAKE
A SUSPENSION OF THE RULES.
>> THE QUESTION IS THIS A
POTENTIAL AMENDMENT TO CHANGE
THE LANGUAGE AROUND THE RENT
CONTROL SECTION SPECIFICALLY?
>> CORRECT.
>> SO THIS IS SORT OF I WILL
CALL IT AN ON-THE-FLY AMENDMENT
SINCE I DO NOT THINK IT HAS
BEEN PRINTED OR PASSED DOWN AND
WE CAN DO THAT AS I UNDERSTAND
IT ROLLS OUT, ASK YOU, OR
AMELIA ON THE PROCEDURAL ISSUE,
BEFORE I MAKE THE FORMAL
AMENDMENT I THINK, THE
SPONSORED AMENDMENT WAS
COUNCILMEMBER ON THE RENT-
CONTROLLED SECTION, WAS THAT
YOU?>> WELL, THAT WAS, IS THERE
ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO,
THERE IS NO FORMAL MOTION MADE
YET, LET'S HAVE DIALOGUE FIRST
BEFORE WE DO THIS, IS THERE
ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO HIM I
AM TRYING TO SEE IF IT IS
FRIENDLY OR NOT AND COMING FROM
MY PERSPECTIVE I APPRECIATE IF
YOU HAD, THAT WOULD LIKELY
SUPPORT IT BUT I WANT TO KNOW
THE ORIGINAL DRAFTERS, THEIR
REACTION TO THE STATEMENTS MADE
BY COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
SAWANT.
>> THE PROPOSAL TO ADD THE
LANGUAGE WAS AND THEY
INTRODUCED THAT IN COMMITTEE,
COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN
SUPPORTED IT AND I GUESS
FORMALLY IT IS BEING SPONSORED
BY BOTH OUR OFFICES.
HARRELL, NO PROBLEM, JUST
WAITING O GET YOUR ATTENTION,
AS THIS IS A MATTER OF
PROCEDURE, I DO WANT TO MAKE
SOME POINT AND RESPONSE TO WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD SAID BUT
I DO WANT THE RIGHT TO SPEAK
ONCE A FORMAL AMENDMENT IS MADE
AND I WILL ALSO WILL BE CURIOUS
TO KNOW IF THE AMENDMENT HAS
PASSED THE REVIEW OF THE
DEPARTMENT.
AS I DO NOT APPRECIATE, THIS IS
A MAJOR THING AND THIS IS JUST
BEING SPRUNG ON US.
>> SO HERE IS THE PROCEDURAL
PIECE OF THIS, IS I CAN MOVE TO
SUSPEND THE RULES.
AND IF IT IS THE MOTION IS
ACCEPTED, WE CAN WORDSMITH THE
DOCUMENT, THE RISK WE RUN IS OF
COURSE IT IS NOT APPROVED BY
LAW, AS WE DO HAVE ALL OF OUR
LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE, GO
THROUGH.
BUT I THINK WE ARE AWARE ENOUGH
TO KNOW IF THERE IS A MINOR
WORD WE CAN RUN THAT RISK
BECAUSE I THINK BETWEEN NOW AND
WITHIN 30 DAYS WE CAN ALWAYS
CHANGE IT AGAIN SO IT IS NOT
EARTH SHATTERING SO THAT IS A
RISK THAT I'M WILLING TO RUN IF
THE LANGUAGE IS STRAIGHTFORWARD
ENOUGH AND SEEMS TO MAKE SENSE.
SO, WE CAN SUSPEND THE RULES
AND ENTERTAIN NEW LANGUAGE IF
IT IS DESIRED FROM THE DAIS, I
AM HEARING SOME APPETITE FOR
THAT SO BEFORE WE DO THAT WOULD
YOU LIKE TO SPEAK NOW
COUNCILMEMBER?
>> AS THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE AT
COMMITTEE THE OTHER DAY, IN THE
SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE, I HAD ADVOCATED THAT
WE IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE I
MEAN, JUST STEPPING BACK A
LITTLE BIT, THIS IS, WHAT WILL
HE PASSED TODAY, WILL BE A
RESOLUTION STATING VERY CLEAR
AND DETAILED INTENT OF THE CITY
COUNCIL, TO ACT ON VARIOUS
POLICIES AS A COMPREHENSIVE
PROGRAM TO GET THE GREEN NEW
DEAL ARE WHAT WE THINK OF AS
NECESSARY TO DO SEATTLE'S PART
TO FIGHT THE CLIMATE CRISIS, SO
JUST AS A REMINDER FOR EVERYONE
WHAT WILL BE PASSED TODAY IS
JUST AN INTENT, WE WILL NOT, WE
WOULD HAVE WON A DIRECTION FOR
THE CITY COUNCIL BUT THERE IS
THAT BY ITSELF THAT IS NO
GUARANTEE, THAT WE WILL WIN THE
ACTUAL COMPONENT THAT WILL GET
CARBON ZERO BY 2030 SO JUST TO
BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT WE ARE
ACTUALLY WINNING TODAY, SO TO
THAT CONTEXT, WHAT THE
RESOLUTION SAYS, DOES MATTER
BECAUSE THEN WE, I DON'T WANT
TO BE AS A COUNCILMEMBER, I DO
NOT WANT TO BE PARTIED TO
LANGUAGE THAT IT GOES IN, THAT
ENDS UP GIVING A FUTURE
COUNCILMEMBER WHO EVER
REGARDLESS OF WHO THEY ARE, YOU
KNOW, COVER TO SAY THIS IS WHAT
THE PAST COUNSEL SAID AND OF
RESOLUTION AND I'M NOT DOING
ANYTHING YOU KNOW, CONTRARY TO
THAT SO IT GOES IN THE
RESOLUTION DOES MATTER, AND IT
SHOULD BE GOOD THINGS, THINGS
THAT WILL ACTUALLY PROVIDE
HOUSING AND CLIMATE JUSTICE TO
OUR COMMUNITIES.
SO, HERE IS MY OPINION ON WHAT
COUNCILMEMBER 1011 JUST SAID, I
COMPLETELY SYMPATHIZE WITH THE
CONCERN SHE HAS RAISED AND SHE
AND I YOU KNOW OF COURSE HAVE
YOU KNOW, WE GO BACK AND
FIGHTING TOGETHER FOR RENTERS
RIGHT AND FOR HOUSING JUSTICE
EMMA I DON'T BELIEVE IN ANY WAY
WHATSOEVER, HOWEVER THAT
WINNING RENT CONTROL IS A
MATTER OF FRAMING YES, STRATEGY
IS IMPORTANT, FRAMING AND
TALKING POINTS AND SLOGANS ARE
ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL IN FACT WE
WOULD NOT HAVE A ONE OTHER
VICTORIES WE HAVE ONE STARTING
WITH $50 AN HOUR IF WE DID NOT
TAKE STRATEGY AND TACTICS VERY
SERIOUSLY HOWEVER, IT WOULD BE
A GRAVE MISTAKE ON OUR PART TO
THINK THAT SOMEHOW WE ARE GOING
TO MAKE ANY PROGRESS TOWARDS
HOUSING JUSTICE, BY TRYING TO
CLEVERLY FINESSE LANGUAGE SUCH
THAT IT FOOLS THE REAL ESTATE
LOBBY INTO THINKING THIS IS NOT
ACTUALLY RENT CONTROL, IF YOU
WANT TO WIN WHAT CONSTITUTES
AFFORDABLE RENT, THEN WHETHER
YOU CALL IT RENT CONTROL, RENT
STABILIZATION, WHATEVER YOU
CALL IT, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO
PULL THE REAL ESTATE LOBBY INTO
THINKING THAT SOMEHOW THEY DO
NOT HAVE TO FIGHT TOOTH AND
NAIL AGAINST IT, IT IS GOING TO
BE A PITCHED BATTLE BETWEEN
MENTORS AND HOUSING JUSTICE
ACTIVISTS ON ONE END AND THE
REAL ESTATE LOBBY AND THE
POLITICIANS THAT SUPPORT THEM
ON THE OTHER THERE IS NO WAY TO
DUCK THAT FIGHT, WE ARE NOT
GOING TO SLIP THIS UNDER THE
RADAR, INSTEAD, IF WE DON'T SAY
RENT CONTROL IT IS GOING TO
HAVE, IT IS ORDINARY PEOPLE WHO
WOULD BE WILLING TO COME TO THE
FRONT LINES AND FIGHT WHEN IT
ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT AND THEY WILL,
THEY WILL BE DISENGAGED
ALREADY, POLITICS, DISENGAGES
AND DISENCHANT ORDINARY PEOPLE
BECAUSE MOST OF IT IS NOT FOR
THEM THEY SEE POLITICIANS
SELLING THEM OUT ALL THE TIME
AND THEY DO NOT FEEL LIKE IT IS
WORTH THEIR TIME AND THEY HAVE
TO YOU KNOW, HAVE TWO JOBS TO
PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE, SO IN MY
DUTY, IS AS I SEE IT AS AN
ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE IS TO DO
EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO
ENGAGE ORDINARY PEOPLE, EVER
SINCE WE LAUNCHED RENT CONTROL
CAMPAIGN THROUGH MY OFFICE, I
THINK THEY ARE HERE, WE
LAUNCHED A RENT CONTROL
CAMPAIGN IN APRIL AND AT THIS
POINT WE HAVE NEARLY 12,000
SEATTLE CITIZENS WHO HAVE
SIGNED IT BECAUSE THEY ARE
SIGNING ONTO RENT CONTROL, IT
IS NOT BEEN A VALUE IN ANY WAY
WHATSOEVER IT IS WHAT ENERGIZES
PEOPLE PEOPLE ARE ASKING WHAT
THE NEXT STEPS ARE THE OTHER
POINT THAT NEEDS TO BE
RECOGNIZED IS THAT US A STORED
VICTORY WAS RECENTLY ONE BY
MOVEMENT IN NEW YORK STATE IN
FACT THE MOVEMENT IN NEW YORK
CITY JOINED WITH MOVEMENTS IN
OTHER CITIES LIKE ROCHESTER AND
THEY FORM SOMETHING REALLY
INSPIRING WHAT WAS THE UPSTATE
DOWNSTATE HOUSING JUSTICE
MOVEMENT WERE TOGETHER THEY WON
RENT CONTROL VICTORIES AND
RENTERS RIGHTS VICTORIES THAT
DID NOT START TO USE ANOTHER
TERM BECAUSE IT IS VERY CLEAR
TO WORKING PEOPLE WHEN YOU ARE
TALKING ABOUT RENT CONTROL
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING
IN THEIR INTEREST IT HAS BEEN A
LIFELINE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE,
LET'S GO OUT AND FIGHT FOR IT
AND THEY WON IT THROUGH
PEACEFUL CIVIL DEVIANCE AND
FIGHTING TACTICS IN MY VIEW THE
LANGUAGE SHOULD NOT BE WATERED
DOWN SO I JUST WANTED TO STATE
MY GENERAL POINT, IF THERE IS
AN AMENDMENT THEN I WILL SPEAK
TO THAT.>> THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER.
OKAY.
SO, YOU SAID THAT, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD MADE SOME POINTS ABOUT
THE LANGUAGE AND THE TECO, DID
YOU WANT TO PROPOSE IS
IMPOSSIBLE LANGUAGE FOR THE
DAIS TO CONSIDER OR DID
COUNCILMEMBER WANT TO DO THAT?
>> I THINK MY LANGUAGE COULD BE
CONSIDERED UNFRIENDLY, JUST
BASED BUT I CAN READ IT OUT
LOUD.
>> YES, IF YOU DON'T MIND TO
INDULGE ME ONE MINUTE, LET ME
GRAB THE SO WE ARE LOOKING ON
PAGE 12, OF THE HARD COPY.
AND AT PAGE L, SECTION L, WHAT
IS THE NUMBER OF SECTION L. ON
PAGE 12.
OKAY.
SO, 6L.
DOCUMENTS GOING EVERYWHERE.
OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND, COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO YOU
HAVE THE FLOOR.
>> SURE, SO THE FRIENDLY
AMENDMENT OR THE PROPOSING
AMENDMENT IS STATING WORK WITH
OTHER CITIES, COUNTIES AND
STATEWIDE ORGANIZATIONS TO
ADVOCATE FOR CHANGES TO STATE
LAW TO PROVIDE MORE TOOLS LOCAL
CONTROL TO STABILIZE RENTS.>>
OKAY.
THANK YOU, DOES THAT CAPTURE
YOUR ARGUMENT COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD?
IS THIS ACCEPTABLE TO YOU?
>> SURE.
>> THERE IS NO MOTION YET, I
WILL DO THAT IN A MOMENT SO
THIS IS THE LANGUAGE, DOES
EVERYONE HAVE, I HAVE TWO HARD
COPIES NOW DOES ANYBODY NEED A
HARD COPY?
ALL RIGHT.
LET ME SEE THAT ONE FOR ONE
SECOND.>> YES.
YES.
OKAY.
SAME DOCUMENT, CAN YOU READ
THAT ONE MORE TIME COUNCIL
MEMBER PACHECO PLEASE, FOR THE
PUBLIC THAT DOES NOT HAVE THE
DOCUMENTS AROUND?
>> PAGE 12 SECTION 10
SUBSECTION L WORK WITH OTHER
CITIES COUNTIES AND STATEWIDE
ORGANIZATIONS TO ADVOCATE FOR
CHANGES TO STATE LAW TO PROVIDE
MORE TOOLS FOR LOCAL CONTROL TO
STABILIZE RENTS.
>> SO I AM HEARING THAT
LANGUAGE TO COMPLETELY STRIKE
THE EXISTING L IN SUBSTITUTE IT
FOR YOUR NEW PROPOSED LANGUAGE,
CORRECT?
>> CORRECT.
>> OKAY.
LET'S PUT IT, THAT IS A FORMAL
MOTION, LET ME BACK UP, I'M
GOING TO MOVE TO SUSPEND THE
RULES TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION OF
POTENTIALLY CHANGING THE
LANGUAGE.
IS THERE A SECOND?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF
SUSPENDING THE RULES, TO
ENTERTAIN A MOTION, TO MAKE AN
AMENDMENT PLEASE SAY AYE.
OPPOSED.
WAIT, DO YOU WANT TO HAND COUNT
ON THAT ONE.
>> CAN YOU SAY AYE AND RAISE
YOUR HAND.
OPPOSED.
OKAY SO THE RULES ARE SUSPENDED
AND I WILL GO AHEAD AND
ENTERTAIN A FORM OF MOTION.
SURE.
>> I MOVED TO AMEND PAGE 12
SECTION 10 SUBSECTION L, TO READ
WORK WITH OTHER CITIES,
COUNTIES AND STATEWIDE
ORGANIZATIONS TO ADVOCATE FOR
CHANGES TO STATE LAW TO PROVIDE
MORE TOOLS FOR LOCAL CONTROL TO
STABILIZE RENTS.
>> OKAY, MOVED AND SECONDED BY
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW.
OKAY, I WILL KEEP THE DEBATE
ALIVE.
I THINK HERBOLD YOU DID VERY
WELL BUT PACHECO GO AHEAD.
>> TWO COUNCILMEMBERS HERBOLD'S
POINT, I THINK LANGUAGE MATTERS
AND WE CAN DISCUSS THE MERITS
OF RENT CONTROL OR THE
STABILIZATION, BUT RATHER THAN
GETTING TO THE LEADS OF WHAT WE
ARE FOR OR AGAINST I THINK THIS
IS A GREAT COMPROMISE FOR US TO
MOVE FORWARD THAT CALLS IN OUR
CITIES AND COUNTIES AS WE HEARD
FROM TOWNSEND MEMBER LARRY WHO
SPOKE HERE I DO THINK THIS IS
THE COUNTY THAT NEEDS TO DO
MORE AS WELL AS OTHER CITIES
AND COUNTIES TO DO MORE NOT
JUST IN TERMS OF THE GREEN NEW
DEAL BUT ALSO FOR WITH REGARDS
TO THE CONVERSATION BUT WE CAN
DO MORE TO PROTECT RENTERS.>>
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING FORTH
THE AMENDMENT.
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN OR SAWANT
WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMMENT AT
ALL?
>> YES, COLLEAGUES, I
APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION ON
THIS, AND I APOLOGIZE TO
COLLEAGUES WHO ONLY SAW THE
AMENDMENTS JUST A COUPLE HOURS
BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED, ONE
OF THE THINGS I PROBABLY
COULD'VE DONE A BETTER JOB IS
CIRCULATING AND MAKING SURE TO
BRING THIS TO EVERYONE'S
ATTENTION BECAUSE I IMAGINE WE
PROBABLY COULD'VE SPENT A
LITTLE TIME RESOLVING THIS IF
WE HAD NOT HAD THIS DISCUSSION.
FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, A COUPLE
THINGS I WOULD JUST SAY I DO
NOT THINK THE DISTINCTION IS
REALLY SIGNIFICANT WELCOME I
WANT TO RECOGNIZE TO MY
COLLEAGUES WHO I RESPECT HAVE
DIFFERENT OPINIONS ON THAT.
AND I THINK THOSE OPINIONS ARE
VALID I AM NOT SURE THAT ON
PAGE 12 OF THIS RESOLUTION ONE
PIECE OF LANGUAGE WILL MAKE IT
SIGNIFICANT AND DIFFERENT ONE
WAY OR ANOTHER AND I JUST WANT
TO FLAG ONE OF THE CHALLENGES
THAT I THINK IN THE PRINCIPAL
GREEN NEW DEAL WE ARE FACING AT
THE MOMENT WHICH IS IN AN
EFFORT TO UPLIFT COMMUNITY
VOICES, I WORKED REALLY HARD AND
WE WORKED REALLY HARD TO
CONTINUE TO DISCUSS THE
LANGUAGE INCLUDING WORDSMITHING
OF EACH OF THESE AMENDMENTS,
NOT WITH FULL CONVERSATION WE
HAVE HAD HERE, AND TRYING TO
REALLY MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE
THE POWER AND CONTROL OF WHAT
IS BEING SAID.
AND, THE REALITY IS, WE WILL BE
AT MOMENTS LIKE THIS WHERE WE
HAVE TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS, WE
ONLY HAVE 10 YEARS TO SOLVE
CLIMATE CHANGE, THAT WILL
REQUIRE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF
URGENCY AS WELL, AND SO NOW
GETTING THAT WILL BE ATTENTION.
AND I DO NOT, I DON'T HAVE A
RECOMMENDATION TO MY COLLEAGUES
ON WHICH WAY TO GO ON THIS.
BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS
JUSTIFICATION FOR EITHER, I'M
GOING TO ERROR AND VOTE AGAINST
THIS BECAUSE I HAVE NOT HAD A
CHANCE TO CHECK IN WITH SOME OF
THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHOSE
VOICES ARE LIFTING UP AND I
APOLOGIZE BECAUSE I IMAGINE IF
I HAD THIS CONVERSATION LAST
WEEK PROBABLY COULD'VE RESOLVED
SOMETHING IT HAD CLARITY AND I
DO NOT THINK REGARDLESS OF
WHICH WAY WE ARE GOING I DO NOT
THINK IT WILL MAKE A HUGE
DIFFERENCE FOR COMMUNITY, FOR
STATE LEGISLATION.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
O'BRIEN.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU.
THE EXISTING LANGUAGE SAYS WORK
WITH OTHER STATEWIDE
ORGANIZATIONS TO ADVOCATE FOR
CHANGES TO STATE LAW REGARDING
THE RENT CONTROL WHICH I
SUPPORT IN MY ORIGINAL LANGUAGE
THAT I WAS PROPOSING WAS
LIMITING HOW MUCH LANDLORDS MAY
RAISE RENTS FROM YEAR TO YEAR
BECAUSE I THINK IT SAYS VERY
CLEARLY WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
AS THE, AS IT IS BEING PROPOSED
THAT THE AMENDED LANGUAGE WORK
WITH OTHER CITIES, COUNTIES AND
STATEWIDE ORGANIZATIONS TO
ADVOCATE FOR CHANGES TO STATE
LAW TO PROVIDE MORE TOOLS FOR
LOCAL CONTROL TO STABILIZE
RENTS, THAT IS ESSENTIALLY THE
SAME SUBSTANCE AS WHAT WE HAVE,
WHAT WE HAVE HERE IN CLAUSE L
EXISTING, SO I DO NOT CONSIDER
THIS LANGUAGE AS SOME MAJOR
STEP BACK, HOWEVER, I WILL BE
VOTING NO ON THIS, KNOWING THAT
THE AMENDMENT WILL PROBABLY
PASS, JUST MAKING SURE OUR
MOVEMENT UNDERSTANDS THAT YOU
KNOW AS YOU ALL HAVE SAID IN
PUBLIC, AND WE ARE GOING TO
NEED DRASTIC AND DRAMATIC
CHANGE IN HOW THE CITY IS RUN
AND WINNING RENT CONTROL IS
GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE
COMPONENTS BY ITSELF AND IT
WILL NOT SOLID BUT IT WILL HAVE
TO, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO
FIGHT TO WIN REVERSAL RENT
CONTROL WE HAVE CORPORATE
LOOPHOLES BECAUSE THE
EXPERIENCE OF CITIES THROUGHOUT
THE NATION SHOWS THAT IT HAS
BEEN A LIFELINE ESPECIALLY FOR
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.>> THANK
YOU SAWANT, TO FOLLOW,
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN'S LEAD,
WORDS MATTER BUT IT IS NOT THE
FIRST EARTH SHATTERING ON THIS
FULL SUBSTANTIVE POWER OF THIS
RESOLUTION BUT ALMOST OFF THIS.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, GO
AHEAD.
>> I'M SUPPORTING THE AMENDMENT
THE LANGUAGE I THINK IT IS VERY
CLOSELY LINKED TO OUR
LEGISLATIVE AGENDA THAT WE ARE
POUNDING AWAY AND I THINK WE
ARE ALL TRYING TO DO THE SAME
THING BASICALLY.
AND SO I DON'T WANT TO WASTE A
LOT OF THEIR TIME ON IT, BUT,
ARE YOU READY TO VOTE?>> I AM
SORRY MR. PRESIDENT JUST WANTED
TO POINTS THAT I THINK I HEARD,
BOTH OUTSIDE IN THE WING AND
THEN HERE, I DO THINK THAT AS
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT AND
O'BRIEN HAVE EMPHASIZED THERE
IS NOT A SUBSTANTIAL
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LANGUAGE
AD DIFFERENCE TO THE SPONSOR
OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT HE
HAS BEEN HAVING WITH THE
COMMUNITY PARTNERS I TOO AM NOT
GOING TO SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT
BUT I DO THINK THAT HAD IT HAD
A, THAT SAID INCLUDING RENT
CONTROL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT
THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A
LITTLE MORE CLEAR OF THE INTENT
OF THE BODY I DO THINK THAT
WHEN WE SAY FOR LOCAL CONTROL
TUESDAY, WITH RENTS, THAT IS
INCLUSIVE SO I APPRECIATE THAT
I THINK IT IS PROJECTILE THAT
YOU BROUGHT THIS FORWARD I
APPRECIATE THAT THAT IS ONE
TOOL IN THE TOOLKIT THAT WE
NEED TO LOOK AT STABILIZING
RENT SO ASSUMING THE AMENDMENT
DOES HANG IT IS CLEAR TO US I
BELIEVE THAT RENT CONTROL IS
ONE OF THOSE TOOLS AND AS WE
HAVE DONE EVERY YEAR WITH THE
LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, WITH
ECHOING OUR STRONG DESIRE TO
THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO FREE
US FROM THIS TYPE OF
PREEMPTION, I THINK IT IS IN
ALIGNMENT, WITH WHAT WE HAVE
DONE BEFORE, BUT IN EFFORT TO
BE DIFFERENTIAL TO THE
CONVERSATION WITH COMMUNITY, I
WILL ALSO BE A NO ON THIS BUT I
APPRECIATE THAT THERE IS THAT
WINDOW THERE WITHIN THE
LANGUAGE OF DRAFTED FOR RENT
CONTROL TO BE A PART OF THAT
WILL GET SO THANK YOU YOUR
CAREFUL WORDING.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA, I THINK WE GOT A GOOD
FLAVOR FOR WHERE WE ARE HEADING
ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, SO WE
HAVE AN AMENDMENT THAT HAS BEEN
MOVED AND SECONDED.
AND I'M GOING TO ASK THAT YOU
RAISE YOUR HAND, ALL THOSE IN
FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT AS
STATED BY COUNCILMEMBER, PLEASE
DAY I AND RAISE YOUR HAND.>>
AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO AND
RAISE YOUR HAND.
SO, IT PASSES THE AMENDMENT
PASSES AND SO, WE ARE STILL IN
THE HABIT OF THE PRACTICE I
SHOULD SAY OF DESCRIBING ANY
AMENDMENTS THAT ARE EMBEDDED IN
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN'S VERSION,
WHAT IS IT 3B.
3B, SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER
COMMENTS OF THE EMBEDDED
AMENDMENTS THAT ANY
COUNCILMEMBER WANTED TO BRING
ATTENTION, COUNCILMEMBER
PACHECO.
>> I AM REALLY EXCITED AND
SUPPORT THIS AND USES OF THE
CATALYST FOR OTHER CITIES AND
THE COUNTY, AND ACROSS THE
STATE TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THIS
AS A PLATFORM TO BEGIN TO
IMPLEMENT MUCH MORE OF A GREEN
NEW DEAL ACROSS OUR STATE.>> SO
NOW, WE ARE GOING TO VOTE ON
THE AMENDMENT, THE GLOBAL
AMENDMENT PACKAGE OKAY, SO IT
HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
SUBSEQUENT VERSION 3B FOR
VERSION 2F, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
OF THAT AMENDMENT PLEASE VOTE
I. OPPOSED.
WE HAVE A SUBSTITUTE VERSION
THAT CONTAINS ALL THE AMENDMENT
AND I WILL TURN TO ANY COUNCIL
MEMBERS FOR ANY CLOSING REMARKS
ON THE BASE LEGISLATION AND
GREEN NEW DEAL.
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU TO ALL THE
ORGANIZATIONS AND ACTIVISTS WHO
HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THIS
RESOLUTION AND FOR THE
COMPONENT THAT IS ADVOCATING
FOR, AND IT IS GRATIFYING TO
SEE THAT THE GREEN NEW DEAL
MOVEMENT SPANS ACROSS
GENERATIONS ALL THE WAY FROM
THE YOUNGEST PEOPLE TO SOME OF
OUR OLDEST ELDERS, THERE IS A
LOT THAT WE COULD ALL SAY ABOUT
THE DEVASTATING IMPACTS OF
CLIMATE CHANGE AND I THINK OUR
PUBLIC COMMENT PEOPLE WERE RIGHT
THIS IS NOT A CLIMATE CHANGE
ANYMORE, IT IS CLIMATE CRISIS,
IT IS CLIMATE CATASTROPHE THAT
WE ARE FACING.
THE DANGERS FROM NATURAL
DISASTERS LIKE HURRICANES AND
FLOODS, DESERTS, FAMINE.
AND RISING SEA WATERS, WITH
HEAT WAVES INCLUDING MANY DOTS
IN JAPAN.
WHAT WILL BE NEEDED TO FIGHT
BACK AGAINST THIS GLOBAL
CALAMITY, AND, AND THE KIND OF
DRASTIC AND DRAMATIC CHANGE
THAT WE NEED THAT YOU ALL
TALKED ABOUT IT IS NOT AN
ACCIDENT THAT WE HERE IN
SEATTLE AND ACTIVISTS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY ARE TALKING ABOUT A
GREEN NEW DEAL.
GRASSROOTS ORGANIZERS AND MANY
ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE
DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF
AMERICA HAVE ORGANIZED A
CAMPAIGN TO ENTRENCH
REPRESENTATIVE IN THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTIES AND
POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT IN
WASHINGTON DC, AND GET
ALEXANDRIA ELECTED, ALONGSIDE
THE SUNRISE MOVEMENT LED BY
MANY YOUNG PEOPLE AND OTHER
CLIMATE JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS
AND ACTIVISTS SPONSORED THE
GREEN NEW DEAL RESOLUTION IN
THE HOUSE, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY,
USED THAT TO HELP JUMPSTART A
RENEWED CLIMATE JUSTICE
MOVEMENT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
THIS IS NOT BUSINESS AS USUAL
FOR U.S. CONGRESS AS WE KNOW,
THIS IS REGULAR PEOPLE GETTING
THEIR OWN REPRESENTATIVES
ELECTED, AND THEN FORCING THE
POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT AND
INTO THE LIGHT OF DAY.
UNDER CAPITALISM REGULAR PEOPLE
DO NOT DECIDE, DO NOT GET TO
DECIDE HOW OUR POWER IS
GENERATED, WE DO NOT GET TO
DECIDE WHETHER THERE WILL BE
HOUSING WE CAN AFFORD NEAR
WHERE WE WORK, WE DO NOT GET TO
DECIDE WHETHER PUBLIC TRANSIT
WILL BE AVAILABLE AND
EFFICIENT.
WE DO NOT GET TO DECIDE HOW OUR
FOOD IS FARMED AND TRANSPORTED,
BIG BUSINESS AND THE RICHEST
PEOPLE MAKE ALL THE DECISIONS
BASED ON WHAT EVER WILL MAKE
THEM THE BIGGEST PROFITS AND
WEALTH.
THIS RESOLUTION SETS OUT
UNNECESSARILY AMBITIOUS AND
APPROPRIATELY DRAMATIC PATH FOR
A CARBON FREE SEATTLE BY 2030.
BUT WINNING ALL OF THAT WILL
MEAN FIGHTING FOR IT, WILL MEAN
GOING UP AGAINST THE POWER OF
FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES AND THE
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND THE
INVESTORS ON WALL STREET AND
THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO
ACHIEVE THIS.
THE BARRIERS TO ACHIEVING A
GREEN NEW DEAL AND A SHIFT AWAY
FROM CLIMATE CHANGE ARE NOT IN
KNOWLEDGE-BASED, THE VAST
MAJORITY OF HUMAN BEINGS ON THE
PLANET NOW, KNOW THE CRISIS WE
FACE IN FACT THE COMMUNITIES
THAT ARE THE MOST MARGINALIZED
AND ARE MOST DISADVANTAGED ARE
THE CLEAREST ABOUT THE DANGERS
THAT FACE US, THE BARRIERS ARE
WHERE THE POWER LIES, WHERE THE
BALANCE OF POWER LIES.
WE NEED TO REPLACE THE
FINANCIAL GAS BURNING AND
ELECTRICITY GENERATION A
PRIVATE FOR-PROFIT COMPANY
PUGET SOUND ENERGY THE PUGET
SOUND ENERGY, WILL NOT
VOLUNTARILY STOP BURNING
NATURAL GAS, NOT BECAUSE THEY
DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE SCIENCE
OF CLIMATE CHANGE BUT BECAUSE
THEIR PROFITS DEPEND ON
CONTINUING TO BURN NATURAL GAS.
AND, SO ON AND SO ON, SAME
ARGUMENTS FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING WHY WE WILL NEED TO GO
UP AGAINST THE REAL ESTATE
LOBBY.
AND WHY WE WILL NEED TO TAX BIG
BUSINESS TO FULLY FUND PUBLIC
TRANSIT AND MAKE IT FREE AND I
APPRECIATE THAT I HAVE BEEN
INCLUDED AS AN AMENDMENT IN THE
RESOLUTION.
SO, FOR US TO WIN ALL OF THIS
IT WILL REQUIRE BUILDING A
FIGHTING MOVEMENT.
AND THAT WILL REQUIRE ALSO,
HAVING THE LABOR MOVEMENT ON
THE FRONT LINES, AND MAKING A
JUST TRANSITION TO AN
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT PROTECTS
THE CLIMATE CANNOT BE AN
AFTERTHOUGHT AND I APPRECIATE
THE JANITORIAL WORK BEING HERE
TO TESTIFY, THAT IS VERY
IMPORTANT, THE WORK FOR FOSSIL
FUEL COMPANIES ARE NOT THE
CAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
THEY ARE JUST LIKE US, MAKING A
LIVING TO FEED THEIR FAMILIES.
BUILDING ELECTRIC TRAINS, WIND
TURBINES AND EVERYTHING ELSE
THAT WILL BE REQUIRED FOR A
GREEN NEW DEAL INCLUDING ENERGY
RETROFIT CLEAN AND RESIDENTIAL
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.
ALL OF THIS, HAS THE POTENTIAL
TO CREATE MILLIONS OF PUBLIC
SECTOR UNIONIZED LIVING WAGE
JOBS.
EVERY WORK PERSON IN THE
INDUSTRY SHOULD BE GUARANTEED A
GOOD UNIONIZED JOB WITH A GREEN
NEW DEAL, ON THE GREEN
INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THE REALITY
IS THE WORKERS IN THE FOSSIL
FUEL INDUSTRY ARE IN INCREDIBLY
STRONG POSITIONS TO FIGHT FOR A
GREEN NEW DEAL, BECAUSE WITHOUT
THEIR WORK, WITHOUT THEIR
LABOR, FOSSIL FUEL BILLIONAIRES
DO NOT GET TO MAKE A PENNY OF
PROFIT SO THEY YOU KNOW, BY
USING THEIR STRIKING OF THEIR
LABOR, STAND TO BE ON THE
FOREFRONT OF FIGHTING FOR THE
GREEN NEW DEAL.
AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO VOTE
YES ON THIS RESOLUTION.
I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN
AND HIS STAFF ARE WORKING ON
THIS WITH THE COMMUNITY AND
WITH MY OFFICE ON MANY OF THE
AMENDMENTS, ESPECIALLY,
APPRECIATE STRENGTHENING IN
COLLABORATION WITH MY OFFICE
STRENGTHENING THE LANGUAGE OF
SOLIDARITY WITH WORKERS AND
UNIONS AND IN THE FOSSIL FUEL
SECTOR I THINK IS INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT, I ALSO APPRECIATE
THAT WE HAVE STATED IN THE
RESOLUTION NOW THAT PUBLIC
TRANSIT SHOULD BE FREE NOT AS
AFFORDABLE, BUT JUST FREE, I
THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT, WE NOW
HAVE LANGUAGE ON SOCIAL HOUSING
PROGRESSIVE TAXATION AND ALL OF
THAT SO I THINK THIS IS A VERY
STRONG RESOLUTION ON WHICH TO
BASE OUR FUTURE FIGHT ON, LAST
BUT NOT LEAST, I WANT TO
CONGRATULATE AMONG THE MANY
ORGANIZATIONS THAT I HAVE BEEN
FIGHTING FOR, INCLUDING THE
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES THAT
HAVE BEEN ON THE FRONT LINES
AND I AM SURE INCREDIBLE
LEADERSHIP, I WANT TO
SPECIFICALLY TODAY CONGRATULATE
FRIDAY'S FOR THE FUTURE, A
CAMPAIGN LED BY PUBLIC SCHOOL
STUDENTS, AND ESPECIALLY
DECLARE MY OFFICE OF
SOLIDARITY.
I WANT TO DO THAT FOR ZOE
SHERMAN, WHO HAS BEEN A
COURAGEOUS ACTIVIST ON MANY
ISSUES INCLUDING AGAINST
CLIMATE CHANGE, WHO WAS THIS
PAST FRIDAY, EGREGIOUSLY
ARRESTED BY THE SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, I THINK THIS WAS A
SHAMEFUL INCIDENT, THAT
HAPPENED AND I THINK ZOE AND
HER FELLOW STUDENTS SHOWED
INCREDIBLE COURAGE THAT IS VERY
HARD, THESE ARE 13-YEAR-OLD
STUDENTS, I THINK IT IS VERY
IMPORTANT THAT WE PUBLICLY
DECLARE OUR SOLIDARITY WITH
THEM AND I ALSO WANT TO PASS ON
A PUBLIC MESSAGE TO THE KING
COUNTY PROSECUTOR, I REALLY
HOPE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE
ANY CHARGES PRESSED ON ZOE OR
ANY OTHER STUDENT, THEY ARE
FIGHTING AGAINST CLIMATE
CHANGE, ANY MESSAGE THAT THE
PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE SHOULD BE
ABOUT FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE,
NOT ABOUT DEALING YOUNG PEOPLE.
JAILING YOUNG PEOPLE.
LET'S FIGHT FOR THE GREEN NEW
DEAL AND HAPPY TO VOTE YES.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT, ANY OTHER COMMENTS
BEFORE COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN
CLOSES OUT WITH A FEW BRIEF
REMARKS?
EVERYBODY GOOD.
WHY DON'T YOU CLOSE OUT WITH A
FEW REMARKS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, I AM
REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE
TODAY, AND TO HAVE BROUGHT, TO
HAVE BROAD SUPPORT.
IN MY NEARLY 10 YEARS ON THE
COUNCIL, I HAVE BEEN SO PROUD
TO WORK WITH A GROUP OF FOLKS
WHO HAVE ALWAYS TRIED TO DO THE
BEST TO SEND HER THE CLIMATE
CATASTROPHE AND THE WORK WE DO,
AND LIFT UP COMMUNITY VOICES
AND I THINK THIS IS BUILDING ON
THAT LEGACY.
AGAIN I WANT TO THINK THAT
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN
WORKING WITH ME ON THIS BUT I
JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
THIS IS GOING TO BE HARD WORK
AND THE ONLY WAY WE ARE GOING
TO DO THIS SUCCESSFULLY IS WE
HAVE TO HAVE THE POWER THAT
EACH OF US INDIVIDUALLY HOLD,
WORKING TOGETHER TO FIGHT THIS.
SPECIFICALLY I SEE PEOPLE HERE
TESTIFYING EARLIER, THAT
REPRESENT FARMLAND COMMUNITIES
THAT ARE BEARING THE IMPACTS OF
CLIMATE CHANGE AND OTHER
ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE IN
THEIR COMMUNITIES ON A DAILY
BASIS AND I ALSO SEE PEOPLE WHO
HAVE BEEN WORKING TO FIGHT THE
CLIMATE CATASTROPHE FOR DECADES.
AND, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT
THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THE
CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THAT
MEANS WHEN WE LIFT UP COMMUNITY
THAT DOES NOT MEAN THE REST OF
US GET TO GO AWAY.
WE ALL NEED TO SHOW UP AND
BRING OUR POWER AND STRENGTH TO
DO THIS WORK.
AND BECAUSE THESE ARE NEW
RELATIONSHIPS IT WILL PROBABLY
TAKE A WHILE TO FIGURE OUT OUR
RESPECTIVE ROLES AT DIFFERENT
POINTS IN TIME.
I HAVE BEEN REALLY PLEASED AND
WORKING THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO
SEE A LOT OF WORK DONE ON
BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS, BUT I
WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT WHETHER
YOU ARE NEW TO THIS, WHETHER
YOU HAVE BEEN SUFFERING FROM
THE DISASTERS WHETHER YOU HAVE
BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR YOUR WHOLE
LIFE WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN
MULTIPLE DECADES, WE NEED ALL
OF YOU FULLY ENGAGED IN THIS
WORK TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
AND THERE IS A ROLE FOR
EVERYONE OF US TO PLAY
REGARDLESS OF WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD
YOU LIVE IN AND REGARDLESS OF
YOUR INCOME LEVEL, WE ARE
LISTENING.
EVERYONE HAS A ROLE TO PLAY,
AND WE ALL NEED TO BE UNITED
AGAINST THE FEW INTERESTS THAT
ARE MAKING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
OF THIS CATASTROPHE.>> THANK
YOU.
>> OKAY, HERE YOU GO.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THE
RESOLUTION AS AMENDED.
PLEASE VOTE AYE.
>> THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO, THE
MOTION CARRIED, THE RESOLUTION
IS ADOPTED AND THE CHAIR WILL
SIGN IT.
>> AND, BEFORE THE INK IS DRY
WE ARE GOING TO RUSH THIS TO
THE COUNTY THERE YOU GO.
PLEASE CALL THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM.
>> AGENDA ITEM 7, APPOINTMENT
1389, APPOINTMENT OF SAMUEL
FERREIRA AS MEMBER, LEVY TO
MOVE SEATTLE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE, THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THE APPOINTMENT BE
CONFIRMED.>> COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN.
>> SAM FERREIRA WORKS AS AN
ENGINEER FOR THE WD CLARK,
RESPONSIBLE FOR ORINDA PRODUCT
MANAGEABLE AREAS INCLUDING
MEDICATIONS AND THE PUBLIC,
FIGHTING PROJECT EFFICIENCIES
AND MANAGING PRODUCT FINANCES,
AS A NEW ADDITION TO THE LEVY
TO MOVE SEATTLE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE HAS EXPERTISE
PROFESSIONAL AND OTHERWISE WILL
BE GREATLY WELCOMED AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO APPOINTING HIM.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS
APPOINTMENT?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
CONFIRMING THE APPOINTMENT
PLEASE VOTE AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED.
PLEASE READ THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM.
>> THE REPORT OF THE PLANNING
LOBBY AND ZONING COMMITTEE AT
IDENTIFIED EIGHT RESOLUTION 318
96 IDENTIFYING PROPOSED THE
PLAN AMENDMENTS TO BE
CONSIDERED FOR POSSIBLE
ADOPTION IN 2020 AND REQUESTING
THAT THE OPPOSITE PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND THE
SEATTLE PLANNING COMMISSION
REVIEW AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS
ABOUT THE POST AMENDMENTS, THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED AS
AMENDED.>> OKAY, SO I AM NOW IN
THE PRESIDENT SITUATION WHERE
THE CHAIR JUST GOT UP, OKAY.
AND THE CHAIR IS DONE.
OKAY.
I SAID THE UNPRECEDENTED
SITUATION.
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN WAS
READY.
SO PACHECO WE ARE ON AGENDA
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
>> SORRY, WE ARE NOT ON THAT,
WE ARE ON NUMBER EIGHT.
AND, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR ON THE
COMPANY IS A PLANNED AMENDMENT.
>> SURE, SO THIS IS THE ANNUAL
AMBIENCE OF PLAN AMENDMENT
DOCUMENTING SETTING RESOLUTION
WHICH CUES UP THE AMENDMENTS
FOR ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE COUNCIL
TO CONSIDER NEXT MARCH.
THE DOCKET INCLUDES TWO NEW
APPLICATIONS FOR AMENDMENTS
WANT TO EXTEND THE BOUNDARY OF
THE NORTHGATE URBAN CENTER TO
ADD TWO PROPERTIES AND ANOTHER
TO EXTEND THE BOUNDARY OF THE
WEST SEATTLE JUNCTION SUBURBAN
VILLAGE TO INCLUDE THE
PROVIDENCE MOUNT ST. VINCENT
PROPERTY.
THE DOCUMENT ALSO INCLUDES AN
ITEM THAT IS PREVIOUSLY
REQUESTED TO STUDY, INCLUDING
IDENTIFYING A NEW NAME FOR
SINGLE-FAMILY ZONES, POTENTIAL
AMENDMENTS TO THE DELL RIDGE
NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AND MORE.
THE COMMITTEE PASSED A FEW
AMENDMENTS TO THE DOCKET AS
WELL, COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN
PROPOSED REQUESTING THE
ANALYSIS OF AMENDMENTS TO
CLARIFY OUR INTENT TO PROTECT
PUBLIC HEALTH AND MEET CLIMATE
GOALS, WE ALSO PASSED AN
AMENDMENT TO REMOVE THE STADIUM
DISTRICT PROPOSAL AND OTHER
SPECIFIC INDUSTRIAL LANDS, AND
AMENDMENTS FROM THE DOCKET.
COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN HAS AN
AMENDMENT IN LINE WITH WE WILL
DISCUSS AND COMMITTEE IN WHICH
I SUPPORT, THAT WOULD REPLACE
THE INDUSTRIAL LANDS LANGUAGE
LEFT IN THE RESOLUTION SO I
WILL THROW IT OVER TO HIM.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
PETACA.
COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN.
>> SO, YOU SHOULD ALL HAVE A
COPY IN FRONT OF YOU, IT IS, WE
HAVE LOTS OF COPIES OF THINGS
OF IN FRONT OF US, IT IS STABLE
DOCUMENT THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS
AND HAS REDLINE VERSION, SO I
WOULD MOVE TO AMEND RESOLUTION
31896 BY SUBSTITUTING VERSION
FOR B FOR VERSION 3.
>> OKAY, THIS IS JUST FOR THE
AMENDMENT DID YOU NEED TO SAY
ANYMORE ABOUT THAT VERSION
O'BRIEN?
>> I WILL SPEAK BRIEFLY IF THAT
IS OKAY.
I'M NOT GOING TO READ THE WHOLE
THING FOR SAKE OF TIME I JUST
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT WE, THE
STRIKING THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS
IN SECTION 2 REPLACING IT WITH
THIS NEW ONE, CALLS ON THE CITY
TO DO A DETAILED PLAN FOR
INDUSTRIAL LANDS, REVIEW,
INCLUDING KEY MEETINGS AND
MILESTONES AND DELIVERABLES,
REPORT BACK TO US BY DECEMBER
31.
AND ALSO, GENERALLY SAYS THAT
WE CANNOT MOVE FORWARD WITH
MAKING INDIVIDUAL LAND-USE
POLICY DECISIONS AND INDUSTRIAL
LANDS UNTIL WE HAVE AN UPDATED
INDUSTRIAL LAND POLICY.
AND, ASKED THE MAYOR TO CONVENE
THAT GROUP WE JUST LISTED A
NUMBER OF STAKEHOLDERS THAT
SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THAT,
TRYING TO KEEP IT AT A HIGH
ENOUGH LEVEL, TO BE, TO LEAVE
SOME ROOM FOR THE MAYOR TO
DECIDE HOW TO DO THAT WORK THEN
TO COME UP WITH A PROPOSAL, AND
PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL BEFORE
WE WILL CONSIDER THE TYPES OF
LAND-USE DECISIONS THAT WE ARE
PROPOSED TO BE DOCKETED, WE
BELIEVE THAT THE MAYOR IS
ACTUALLY READY TO ANNOUNCE SOME
OF THAT THIS WEEK AND HOPE THAT
WE CAN MOVE SWIFTLY AND BUILD
ON THE PRIOR WORK IN PREVIOUS
YEARS.
TO RESOLVE SOME OF THE ONGOING
ISSUES AROUND INDUSTRIAL LAND
USE THAT HAVE REALLY KIND OF
STAGNATED WHAT WE WANT TO DO
FORWARD AND WE WILL CERTAINLY
BE TO A FUTURE COUNSEL THAT I
WILL NOT BE A PART OF TO MAKE
THOSE DECISIONS BUT, I THINK IT
IS IMPORTANT TO DO THAT WORK.
>> VERY GOOD.
THIS IS JUST ON THE AMENDMENT,
ANY COMMENTS ON THE AMENDMENT
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> I JUST WANT TO STATE FOR THE
RECORD THAT I AM SUPPORTIVE OF
THIS AMENDMENT AND I ALSO WANT
TO EMPHASIZE THE NEED TO WORK
FROM PREVIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS
SO THE STAKEHOLDER GROUP IS NOT
REHASHING THOSE PREVIOUS
RECOMMENDATIONS, I DO RECOGNIZE
THAT SOME PHYSICAL CONDITIONS
ARE RELATED TO INDUSTRIAL LANDS
HAVE CHANGED, BUT, AGAIN I THINK
IT HAS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT FOR
A LOT OF THE STAKEHOLDERS TO
HAVE TO CONTINUALLY SPEND TIME
AND EFFORT, IN REVIEWING THE
NEED FOR A NEW INDUSTRIAL DANCE
POLICY, GET SO FAR GET A NEW
MAYOR AND START FROM SQUARE
ONE, SO I APPRECIATE THE
REQUEST FOR A WORKPLAN.
AND A STAKEHOLDER GROUP, SO
THAT WE CAN EMPHASIZE THE
DESIRE TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS,
I WANT TO STATE FOR THE RECORD
THAT I HAD CRAFTED AMENDMENT
THAT WAS NOT HEARD, ON
WEDNESDAY.
BECAUSE I WAS CONCERNED THAT
THE VOTES MIGHT NOT BE THERE
FOR COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN'S
AMENDMENT, SO I AM GLAD THAT
WASN'T THE CASE.
I DID HAVE A COMPROMISED
PROPOSAL THAT WOULD HAVE
DOCKETED A STADIUM DISTRICT
NORTH OF ROYAL BROADWAY AND
EAST OF OCCIDENTAL AVENUE, THAT
WOULD'VE ALSO LIMITED
RESIDENTIAL USE TO THE NORTH OF
CHARLES STREET AND THE PURPOSE
OF THAT AMENDMENT WAS TO TRY TO
MOVE FORWARD WHERE THERE WAS
PREVIOUS AGREEMENT FROM
STAKEHOLDERS FROM THE 2013 2014
PROCESS ALL OF THAT SAID I
WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THE
DIRECTION THAT WE ARE LIVING IN
NOW.
AND THEN FINALLY I JUST WANT TO
MAKE NOTE THAT AS I MENTIONED
EARLIER THIS MORNING AS IT
RELATES TO THE PROPERTY, I
FOUND OUT THAT MY OFFICE HAS
DONE AN ADDITIONAL, AN INITIAL
REACH OUT TO WASH.TO UNDERSTAND
THEIR TIMELINE FOR THIS SALE OF
THAT PROPERTY BECAUSE OF
CONCERNS THAT I HAVE HEARD FROM
STAKEHOLDERS, IN THE AREA ABOUT
THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY MOVING
QUICKLY.
PRIOR TO THE COUNCIL BEING ABLE
TO ACT ON RECOMMENDATION SO YOU
HAVE DONE AN INITIAL REACH OUT
I THINK THERE WILL BE SOME
NECESSARY FOLLOW-UP AND I THINK
SOME COMMUNICATION FROM THE
COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR TO THAT
WOULD BE HELPFUL IN THE FUTURE.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD, SO THIS IS ON THE
AMENDMENT ONLY SO ANY OTHER
COMMENTS ON THE AMENDMENT?
OKAY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF
SUBSTITUTING VERSION 4B FOR
VERSION 3, PLEASE SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE
RESOLUTION.
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO THANK
YOU FOR PICKING THIS UP I KNOW
YOU ARE STEPPING IN IN APRIL
AND BUILDING ON YEARS WORTH OF
WORK THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN DONE
SO I APPRECIATE THAT, SO I WANT
TO FOCUS ON A COUPLE OF THINGS
FIRST OF ALL AS TIMING, I WOULD
REALLY ENCOURAGE THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE TO FAST-TRACK THIS, AS
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD JUST
MENTIONED THIS IS NOT THE FIRST
TIME WE HAVE LOOKED AT
INDUSTRIAL DANCE WE HAVE BEEN
SPENDING MUCH OF OUR TIME OVER
THE LAST 12 YEARS I THINK IT'S
WILL BE THE THIRD LARGE STUDY
ON THE USE OF INDUSTRIAL DANCE
SO I WOULD LOVE TO BUILD ON IT
NOT STARTING OVER, AND GIVE
OURSELVES A DAY TO THINK IT,
MARCH 31 WAS A DATE THAT WE ARE
ASKING TO HAVE PERMISSION COME
BACK FOR PURPOSES AND SO, WITH
THAT, A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I
WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE IN
THIS NEXT BIT OF WORK, ONE IS
ABOUT IN THE STADIUM DISTRICT
ITSELF, THE POTENTIAL OF HAVING
MAKER SPACE, THERE IS A
WAREHOUSE THERE, WOULD LOVE TO
SEE THAT CONTINUE TO BE
INDUSTRIAL, MANUFACTURING LIGHT
MANUFACTURING BUT ALLOW
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON TOP OF
THAT, IT IS FAR ENOUGH AWAY
FROM THE PORT FACILITIES THAT I
BELIEVE THAT AFFORDABLE HOUSING
WOULD BE VERY USEFUL THEREFORE
INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE MAKING AND
DOING THE WORK AND PROVIDING
SERVICES TO THE PORT, SO, I
THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE
SHOULD LOOK AT, COULD LOOK AT
AND ACTUALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE
AND I HAVE HEARD FROM SOME OF
MY LABOR UNION FRIENDS, THAT
ARE SAYING YES THEY WOULD LIKE
AND WOULD SUPPORT THAT.
ALSO, WITH POTENTIAL FOR THE
PROPERTY, SOMETHING THAT CAME
UP, DECADE AGO NOW, IS TO
CONVERT THAT, THE ZONING TO
ALLOW HOTELS.
IN THAT AREA.
WITH THE PORT STARTING ON THE
PIER 48 FOR NEW CRUISE SHIP
TERMINAL, AND WITH THE STADIUM,
THE BALLPARK, RIGHT THERE, IT
COULD REALLY DO A LOT FOR
PIONEER SQUARE.
WHICH IS JUST NORTH OF THAT
AREA, BUT ALSO PROVIDE GREEN
SPACE AND OPEN SPACE AND
PERHAPS EVEN SOME PARK SPACE
FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING AND
GOING IN THAT AREA.
ALSO I JUST WANT TO UNDERSCORE
PRESERVING INDUSTRIAL LAND,
SOUTH OF COLGATE IS SOMETHING
THAT I HAVE HEARD OVER AND OVER
AGAIN BUT ALLOWING SOME USE FOR
EITHER AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR AS
I MENTIONED THE HOTELS IS
SOMETHING THAT I HAVE HEARD
COULD BE A GOOD COMPROMISE, AND
THEN FAST FORWARDING TO THE
NORTH PART OF OUR MANUFACTURING
INDUSTRIAL AREA, AGAIN I WOULD
LIKE US TO REALLY COMMIT TO A
SPECIAL LOOK AT MAKERS OF SPACE
WITH THE POTENTIAL OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON TOP IN
THE NORTH AREA AS WELL
PRIMARILY PORT PROPERTY AT THIS
POINT.
SO, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I
WOULD LIKE TO ADD AND ASK FOR
THE MAYOR TO TAKE A SPECIAL
LOOK AT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN GET
BACK BY MARCH 31 OF NEXT YEAR.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER BACK
SHOCK, ANY OTHER COMMENTS
BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS
RESOLUTION.>> JUST A QUICK
THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR,
COUNCILMEMBER PICACHO AND
O'BRIEN FOR YOUR WORK ON THE
LANGUAGE THE WELL-CRAFTED, I
KNOW THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED A
NOTE OF APPRECIATION FROM
MEMBERS, EITHER MARITIME UNIONS
AND PORT COMMISSIONERS SO THANK
YOU FOR FOLLOWING THROUGH ON
THE DESIRE TO HAVE THE TIMELINE
SET, AND TO BE REALLY INCLUSIVE
OF WHO IS AT THE TABLE, SO THAT
WE CAN HAVE ASSURANCES THAT WE
ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH
HIS ANALYSIS BUT ALSO,
RECOGNIZE THAT THE ANALYSIS
NEEDS TO BE CONFERENCE EVENT
ACROSS THE CITY SO I APPRECIATE
YOUR QUICK WORK ON THAT AND I
JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR
FOLLOWING THROUGH ON THAT.>>
GREAT I WILL STEP IN, ANY OTHER
COMMENTS.
WE INVITE COMMENTS.
>> I THINK ONE PART THAT I WANT
TO DROP PARTICULAR AWARENESS,
TO IS THE CHANGE OF SINGLE-
FAMILY ZONING, THE CHANGING OF
THE NAME.
I THINK AS WE ALL ACKNOWLEDGE,
LANGUAGE MATTERS.
AND SO, THE INTENTIONAL AND
MINDFUL OF THAT CONVERSATION AS
IT MOVES FORWARD IN OUR CITY,
POTENTIALLY FOR THE NEXT
COUNSEL IS SOMETHING THAT YOU
KNOW, I THINK IT IS GOOD.
AND, FOR MY COLLEAGUES WHO WILL
BE HERE I HOPE YOU CAN CONTINUE
TO SUPPORT THAT CONVERSATION.
IN TERMS OF THE WAY THAT IS
MORE INCLUSIVE, SO THAT WE
DON'T PIT ONE AGAINST THE
OTHER, ON THE ISSUES THAT COME
BEFORE US IN REGARDS TO LAND
USE.
SO THANK YOU.
>> I WILL ALSO TAKE A MOMENT TO
HIGHLIGHT SECTION WHAT HAS BEEN
RENUMBERED AS SECTION 5. I HAD
ASKED THAT THEY THE DEPARTMENT
PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS THE
ENVIRONMENTAL LAND USED FOR
UTILITIES TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC
HEALTH AND MADE THE CLINICAL BY
LIMITING FOSSIL FUEL PRODUCTION
AND STORAGE, WE REALLY HEARD
KING COUNTY CANCEL MEMBER
GOSSET SPEAK TO HIS
COSPONSORING OF THE MORATORIUM
THAT THE COUNTY PLACED ON NEW
FOSSIL FUEL AND FOR STRUCTURE
AT THE COUNTY, WE ARE TAKING A
SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT STRATEGY, AT
THE MOMENT BUT TRYING TO GET TO
THE SAME ENDGAME, WHICH IS ALSO
CONSISTENT WITH SOME OF THE
THINGS THAT FOLKS WORKING ON
THE GREEN YOU HAVE ASKED US TO
DO.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT.>>
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT
TO SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS
FOR THE INCLUSIONS IN THE COMP
PLAN AMENDMENT DOCKETING
RESOLUTION, THAT RELATES TO
SPECIFICALLY TO THE AVERAGE
NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN.
AND REQUESTING RECOMMENDATIONS
FROM OPC D AND THE PLANNING
COMMISSION, THE TOP LINE ISSUES
ARE HOW TO INCREASE USES OF
PARKS, TRAILS, CULTURAL
RECREATION FACILITIES BY
ENGAGING HISTORICALLY
UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES
AND THE PLANNING PROCESS.
COORDINATING WITH COMMUNITY
MEMBERS AND SUPPORTING THE DELL
RIDGE COMMUNITY CENTER, THE
SOUTHWEST TEAM EYE CENTER AND
YOUNGSTOWN.
TO PROVIDE CULTURALLY
SUPPORTIVE PROGRAMMING.
REDUCE POLLUTION AND STORMWATER
IMPACT TO LONGFELLOW CREEK.
WITH DRAINAGE SYSTEMS IN THE
PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY.
INCREASE SIDEWALKS, IMPLEMENT
THE PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLAN AND
ENGAGE IN SOUND TRANSIT THREE
STATION PLANNING FOCUS ON
TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT
EFFORTS, AND FINALLY, AND VERY
IMPORTANTLY, INCREASE
OPPORTUNITIES TO ACCESS HEALTHY
AFFORDABLE FOOD AND SUPPORT
URBAN FARMING AND EDUCATION.
TWO THANK YOU.
OKAY, AND THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
OKAY WE HAVE AN AMENDED
RESOLUTION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING
THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED,
PLEASE VOTE AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED TO VOTE NO.
THE MOTION CARRIES, THE
RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT, PLEASE READ
THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
>> COUNSEL BILL 119 594
RELATING TO INTIMIDATION,
CORRECTIONS AND REVISIONS TO
THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE
CREATING THE POSITION OF THE
CODER BY THE, THEY RECOMMEND A
BILL PASSED.
A
>> AS I STATED TO YOU DURING A
BRIEFING AS DISCUSSED AT OUR
COUNSEL, AT OUR COMMITTEE
MEETING THIS IS BASICALLY
GIVING AUTHORITY TO WHAT IS
CALLED A CODER VISOR POSITION
WITH THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND
THIS POSITION WILL BE HOUSED IN
A LAW DEPARTMENT AND WILL BE
ATTORNEY QUALIFIED AND
DESIGNATED TO CODIFY AND REVISE
CITY LAWS WITHOUT SUBSTANTIVE
CHANGE OR ALTERATION OF PURPOSE
OR INTENT, THE CITY ATTORNEY
AND OUR CENTRAL STAFF HAS FOUND
THIS POSITION TO BE NEEDED
GIVEN THE COMPLEXITIES OF CODE
CHANGES AND SOMETIMES A SINGLE
CHANGE MAY REFLECT ITSELF IN
MANY ORDINANCES, AND AS MANY OF
YOU KNOW AS LEGISLATORS AS IT
OFTEN GETS, COMPLEX, AND THIS
DESIGNATED POSITION WILL TRULY
HAVE A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT
HOUSING IN THE APARTMENT, I'D
USE FOR US WHEN WE CONSIDER
LEGISLATION, AND, CURRENTLY
THERE ARE TWO PARALEGALS WHO
ARE SERVING AS LEGISLATORS AND
EDITORS, WE THINK THIS NEWLY
CREATED POSITION MAKES SENSE.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS
ORDINANCE.
>> OKAY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL.>>
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> AYE.
A
>> COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW.
A
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> AYE.
A
>> O'BRIEN.
>> AYE.
>> PACHECO.
>> PRESENT HAROLD.
>> SIX IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.>> AYE.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR.
THE LAW DEPARTMENT IS RELIEVED.
OKAY, PLEASE READ THE NEXT
AGENDA ITEM.
>> RELATING TO THE TECHNOLOGY
MATCHING FUND MAKING
ALLOCATIONS AND AUTHORIZED
IMPLEMENTATION OF TECHNOLOGY
MATCHING FUND PRODUCTS IN
2019th AND ALLOWING THAT ANY
UNSPENT FUNDS FROM AN
INDIVIDUAL PROJECT MAY BE
APPLIED TO ANOTHER PROJECT THAT
MEETS THE GOALS OF THE DIGITAL
EQUITY INITIATIVE THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THE BILL PASSED.
>> THANK YOU.
SO WHILE THE ROOM HAS BEEN
LARGELY CLEARED, FROM COMMUNITY
ACTIVISTS WE HAVE A FEW LOYAL
PATRONS HERE, THIS IS ACTUALLY
I THINK, SOME OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT WORK THAT THE CITY
DOES, THIS IS OUR TECHNOLOGY
MATCHING FUND PROGRAM AND IT
AUTHORIZES THIS PARTICULAR
LEGISLATION AUTHORIZED TO THE
DISBURSEMENT OF $320,000 FROM
SEATTLE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY,
AS I.T., FROM THEIR DIGITAL
ENGAGEMENT BUDGET SUMMARY,
LEVEL AND IN SHORT, THIS IS
MONEY THAT WILL GO TO 11
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
AND WILL ALLOCATE 302,000
COMMUNITY MATCHING RESOURCES TO
DO SOME VERY MEANINGFUL AND
EFFECTIVE WORK IN TERMS OF
ADDRESSING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE,
I WILL JUST SORT OF VERY
QUICKLY DESCRIBE SOME OF THESE
PROJECTS.
THE SOUTH PARK INFORMATION
RESOURCE CENTER, ARE EMPOWERING
SOUTH PARK'S NON-ENGLISH
SPEAKING RESIDENTS TO INCREASE
DIGITAL LITERACY SKILLS TO HELP
THEM GAIN EMPLOYMENT AND ACCESS
RESOURCES.
THE ATLANTIC STREET CENTER I
WILL TELL YOU I WILL SORT OF
NAME THE NAMES OF THE
ORGANIZATIONS AND MANY OF YOU
ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THEM
SINCE THEY RESIDE IN YOUR
DISTRICT.
I WOULD JUST SORT OF NAME THE
RECIPIENTS.
THE ATLANTIC STREET CENTER.
HEALTHCARE CENTER.
MULTIMEDIA RESOURCES AND
TRAINING INSTITUTE.
SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP, THE
JACK STRAW FOUNDATION.
THE DRESS FOR SUCCESS SEATTLE I
THINK THAT IS SORT OF A: TO
HELP LOW INCOME WOMEN
ESPECIALLY WOMEN OF COLOR TO
GET AND SUCCEED IN WEB DESIGN
AND COMPUTER CODING JOBS AND
EMPOWERING THEM TO BREAK THE
CYCLE OF POVERTY FOR THEMSELVES
AND THEIR FAMILIES.
AND LAST A REAL CHANGE HOMELESS
EMPOWERMENT PROJECT.
SO, WE ALL AS A CITY ARE MAKING
THESE INVESTMENTS BECAUSE WE
THINK THAT DIGITAL ACCESS AND
LITERACY ARE GOING TO BE
ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL TOWARD
EVERYONE'S SUCCESS AND
CERTAINLY OUR OWN I WANT TO
THANK ALL THE PEOPLE THAT
SEATTLE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY,
THE COMMUNITIES AND THE ADVISOR
GROUP, THE VOLUNTEERS, THE
FOLKS THAT EVALUATED THESE
PROPOSALS, WE COULDN'T FIND
EVERYBODY BUT WE CERTAINLY
FUNDED SOME SUPERSTARS AND I
WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR
VERY IMPACTFUL WORK ON MAKING
THESE AWARDS, ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
OKAY I'M GOING TO GIVE
COUNCILMEMBER, COUNCILMEMBER
BAGSHAW TO VOTE.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
PACHECO.
PRESIDENT HARRELL.
SEVEN IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
A
>> THE BILL PASSED.
PLEASE READ THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM.
A
>> RELATING TO THE CITIES
CONTINUED USE OF CASKET PUBLIC
MEDIA'S CAPITOL HILL
TRANSMISSION SITE AND TOWER THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE BILL
PASSED.
>> THIS COUNTABLE AUTHORIZES
THE DIRECTIVE FAS FINANCE AND
ADMINISTERING OF SERVICES TO
EXECUTE A 15 YEAR LEASE WITH
CASKET PUBLIC MEDIA AT
GOVERNING OUR CONTINUED USE OF
THE TRANSMISSION SITE AND TOWER
FOR RADIO EQUIPMENT AND
ASSOCIATED ANTENNA.
AND WE HAVE HAD AN ARRANGEMENT
FOR SEVERAL DECADES WITH THE
CASKET PUBLIC MEDIAS WHICH IS
FORMALLY KNOWN AS KC TS
TELEVISION WITH THEIR
CONTINUING ARRANGEMENT AT THE
TRANSMISSION SITE AND THE 410
FOOT TALL TOWER.
AND THIS CONTINUES OUR
RELATIONHIP WE HAVE HAD SINCE
BASICALLY 1992.
PART OF WHAT WE ARE DOING OUR
HOUSING BUT WAS PASSED IN 2015
WHICH WAS A BALLOT MEASURE
AUTHORIZING THE UPGRADED
REGIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY
EMERGENCY RADIO NETWORK
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS PEAS EARNED
AND AGAIN, THIS WILL BE
NECESSARY THIS LEGISLATION WILL
BE NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE ARE ACCOMMODATING THE
TECHNOLOGY, THE TECHNOLOGICAL
NEEDS OF THE PIECE
INFRASTRUCTURE.
ANY QUESTIONS?
>> PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN
COUNCILMEMBER HARRELL.
SEVEN IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
BEFORE I, OKAY.
IT IS GETTING LATE IN THE DAY
AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT FOR THESE NEXT FEW ITEMS
WE HAVE AT LEAST SEVEN MEMBERS
HERE THAT ARE NECESSARY TO PASS
THE SEVER OF THESE BUDGET ITEMS
THAT ARE FORTHCOMING SO, JUST A
FOREWARNING.
AND PLEASE READ THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM.>> THE FINANCIAL
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMITTEE AGENDA
ITEM 12 COUNSEL BILL 1195 70 TO
AMEND THE ORDINANCE 125 493
WHICH AMENDED THE 2018 BUDGET
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL PASSED.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER,
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW.
>> VERY GOOD, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN
OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN HERE,
I CAN MOVE THROUGH THIS FAIRLY
QUICKLY.
WE HAVE HAD TWO COMMITTEE
MEETINGS WERE WE WE HAVE WENT
THROUGH, DID I DO THAT?
>> FOR THE GREEN NEW DEAL.
>> THE POINT IS WE HAVE HAD
MULTIPLE COMMITTEE MEETINGS ON
THIS WE DO HAVE SOME AMENDMENTS
THAT CAME FORWARD WE SUSPENDED
THE RULES TO BRING THEM FORWARD
TODAY.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE I CAN JUST GO
THROUGH VERY HIGH LEVEL
EXPLAINING WHAT THESE
ORDINANCES ARE.
WHAT THEY DO, WHAT THE DOLLAR
AMOUNTS ARE, ON EACH AND WE CAN
VOTE ON THEM FAIRLY QUICKLY, IF
YOU ALL WOULD REALLY LIKE TO
STRETCH THIS OUT I'VE GOT
ENOUGH INFORMATION TO KEEP US
HERE TILL 6:30 PM SO WHAT IS
YOUR PLEASURE HERE?>> WHAT I
WOULD SUGGEST AND ALL OPINIONS
ARE WELCOME IS THAT WE ARE NOT
GOING TO READ EACH ONE INTO THE
RECORD AT FIRST BUT WHY DON'T
YOU TAKE US THROUGH EACH ONE
AND THEN COUNCILMEMBERS CAN
COMMENT ON THAT PARTICULAR BILL
AND THEN WHEN WE GET TO THE
READING PART WE WOULD JUST GO
THROUGH A SERIES OF VOTES IF
THAT IS BETTER INSTEAD OF
INTRODUCE AND TALK AND VOTE, SO
YES.>> WALKED US THROUGH THE
DIFFERENT BILLS AND THEN WE
WILL COME BACK AND READ THEM
INTO THE RECORD FOR THE VOTE
PIECE OF IT.
A
>> I CAN SEE SOME HAD NOT DOWN
THERE THAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THAT'S MOVE THIS, OKAY SO ITEM
12 IS WHAT IS CALLED THE
EXCEPTIONS ORDINANCE.
AN THIS WILL AMEND OUR ADOPTED
2018 BUDGET WHICH SCARES ME TO
DEATH SINCE WE ARE ONLY SIX
WEEKS FROM OUR NEXT BUDGET
PROCESS AND THAT COVERS
UNANTICIPATED COSTS THAT WILL
REALIZE LATE IN 2018 AND IT
RESULTED IN SPENDING EXCEEDING
APPROPRIATIONS, THE DEPARTMENTS
THAT HAVE THE MONEY, THE BILL
INCREASES THE FINAL 2018 BUDGET
BY 13,619,000 AND $32.
OF WHICH IS SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN
200,000 FOR DIRECT GENERAL FUND
EXPENSES, THE LARGEST INCREASE
ARE TECHNICAL IN NATURE, DUE TO
CHANGES FROM THE NEW BUDGET,
AND THE FINANCES SYSTEM, ITEM
13 IS THE GRANT ACCEPTANCE
ORDINANCE, NOW AS I SPOKE MANY
TIMES ABOUT THIS, WE HAVE BEEN
OFFERED GRANTS WE HAVE TO
ACCEPT THEM BEFORE WE CAN SPEND
THE MONEY SOME OF THE GRANTS
COME TOWARD AND FOR THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT SOME ARE FOR PARKS
AND SOME ARE FOR OTHER
DEPARTMENTS, BUT, THAT RESULTS
IN ABOUT 3.7 MILLION OF OF
FUNDING.
TO US.
ITEM 14 IS OUR SUPPLEMENTAL
BUDGET ORDINANCE, IT IS COUNSEL
BILL 119575.
THE NET APPROPRIATION INCREASE
PROPOSED IN THE SECOND QUARTER
SUPPLEMENTAL BILL, INCLUDING
SOME GRANT BACK APPROPRIATIONS
IS APPROXIMATELY 72 MILLION OF
WHICH 6.9 MILLION IS THE
GENERAL FUND, AND COMMITTEE ON
FRIDAY, WE, ADOPTED OR ADDED TO
THESE APPROPRIATIONS BY
DEDICATING FUNDING FOR
APPROXIMATELY 600,000, THESE
WERE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT
COUNCILMEMBER, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA AND I SPOKE TO EARLIER
TODAY AND THAT INCLUDED A
DOWNTOWN EMERGENCY SERVICES
CENTER, NURSE LEAD LAW
ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANT
DIVERSION.
DATABASE, ALL OF WHICH I THINK
ARE VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE
PROGRESS THAT WE ARE LOOKING
FORWARD TO AROUND OUR HUMAN
SERVICES DOCKING.
THE EIGHTH MEMORIAL PATHWAY,
THE AMP PHASE 2 WE HAD SOME
PROVISOS THAT WERE FUNDED FOR
HUMAN SERVICES CONTRACT,
ADJUSTMENT, HIGHLAND PARK
INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS THANK
YOU COUNCILMEMBER,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD FOR
BRINGING THAT FORWARD, AND
IMPROVEMENT FOR A NEW ELEVATOR
THERE, 85,000 FOR FOOD BANK
SUPPORT, THE GREEN JANITOR
EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR $35,000,
AND A DAYBREAK STAR NATIVE
CULTURAL ORGANIZATION SUPPORT
OF APPROXIMATELY $100,000 FOR
ONE-TIME CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT.
ITEM 15 IS OUR CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM ABANDONMENT
ORDINANCE, WHAT THIS IS IS OUR
ONGOING CAPITAL PROJECT SOME OF
THEM HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A
DECADE, THE PROJECTS ARE
FINISHED, WE HAD SOME, SOME
ADDITIONAL MONIES THAT WERE
LEFT OVER, AMAZINGLY ENOUGH
COMING IN UNDER BUDGET AND THAT
MONEY WILL BE, IF IT IS UNUSED
WILL BE REAPPROPRIATED FOR OUR
2019 ADOPTED BUDGET.
AND THEN WE HAD SOME
CARRYFORWARD APPROPRIATIONS AND
THESE ARE USED TO
REAPPROPRIATED FUNDS THAT WERE
PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED BUT NOT YET
EXPANDED FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES,
IN THE 2018 BUDGET.
SO THE ITEMS DO NOT INCREASE
THE LEVEL OF AUTHORIZED
EXPENDITURES IN 2019, BUT IT
WAS ADOPTED ON THE ASSUMPTION
THAT MOST OF THOSE EXPENDITURES
WOULD'VE TAKEN PLACE AND
THEREFORE THERE IS NO
ADDITIONAL IMPACT IN OUR 2018
BUDGET.
GOING FORWARD.
SORRY, 2019 BUDGET.
AND, THAT IS IT.
SO, I AM HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY
QUESTIONS OTHERWISE, I WILL ASK
EVERYBODY TO CHIME IN HERE AND
WE CAN VOTE ON THEM
INDIVIDUALLY.>> COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
>> I AM AWARE THAT YOU HAVE AN
AMENDMENT FOR AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER 14 CORRECT?
SO, WHAT I WOULD REPORT TO DO
IS OVER 12 OR 13 AND THEN
RELINQUISH THE BOARD OF
COUNCILMEMBER FOR 14 OF THE IS
OKAY WITH COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
>> NO PROBLEM.
A
>> SO ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 12.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 12?
OKAY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
A
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO
PRESIDENT HARRELL SEVEN IN
FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.>> THE BILL
IS PASSED, THE CHAIR WILL SIGN
IT.
>> AUTHORIZING 2019 ACCEPTANCE
OF A FUNDING FROM NON-CITY
SOURCES THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THE BILL PASSES
AMENDED.>> OKAY, I'M NOT AWARE
OF ANY AMENDMENT ARE WE OKAY TO
VOTE ON THIS ONE?
ARE WE GOOD?
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
A
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA O'BRIEN
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO
PRESIDENT HARRELL.
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR, NONE
OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL IS PASSED, THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
PLEASE READ AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
14.
A
>> AMENDING ORDINANCE 2074
WHICH ADOPTED THE 2019 BUDGET
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT
BILL PASSES AMENDED.
>> COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW TO
DESCRIBE THE BASIS OF THE BILL,
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA WOULD
YOU LIKE TO , I'M SORRY.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BASE
RIGHT NOW.
THEN PERHAPS IN THAT SOMEONE
CAN DESCRIBE THE AMENDMENT AS
WELL, SO WOULD YOU LIKE ANYMORE
WHAT ABOUT THE BIG LEGISLATION
ON AGENDA ITEM 14 COUNCILMEMBER
BAGSHAW.
>> WHAT ITEM ARE YOU
SPECIFICALLY INTERESTED IN
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
A
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO TWO
OF THE ITEMS, THE PATHWAY AND
THE HIGHLAND PARK ROUNDABOUT
AND I WILL BE BRIEF.>> PLEASE
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> MOSTLY I JUST WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW FOR DOING
MY WORK FOR ME, IN COMMITTEE
ON FRIDAY WHEN I WAS UNABLE TO
BE THERE.
I HAD TWO AMENDMENTS THAT I WAS
SPONSORING, THAT SHE CARRY THEM
FORWARD FOR ME AND I AM VERY
APPRECIATIVE, ONE AMENDMENT WAS
TO FUND THE EIGHTH MEMORIAL
PATHWAY, THIS IS FOLLOWING UP ON
A LUNCHEON LEARNED THAT MANY OF
US ATTENDED.
AND, THE FUNDING WILL ASSIST
THE PROJECT IN CONTINUING TO
GATHER ITSELF DETERMINED
PERSONAL NARRATIVES, REGARDING
HIV AND AIDS AND ALLOW IT TO
MOVE INTO PHASE 2 OF THE
PROJECT, WHICH WILL IN ADDITION
TO GATHERING NEW NARRATIVES
WILL BROADEN INCLUSIVITY AND
APPLY LEARNED NARRATIVE
GATHERING BEHAVIORS.
AND INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
DIVERSE COMMUNITIES TO SHARE
THOSE NARRATIVES, AS A PART OF
THIS PROJECT MOVING FORWARD.
AND THEN, IN ADDITION, THE
OTHER AMENDMENT THAT WE HAD,
WAS TO CORRECT AN ERROR IN THE
BUDGET PROCESS LAST YEAR, FOR
THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
LAST YEAR, WE CREATED A CIP
PROJECT FOR THE HIGHLAND PARK
ROUNDABOUT, TO EARMARK SOME
ALREADY DEDICATED FUNDS.
BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION, AND, THE
EARMARKED FUNDS, DID NOT
ACTUALLY ACCURATLY REPRESENT
WHAT THE COMMITMENT WAS FROM
THE EXECUTIVE SO FAR SO THEY
COMMITMENT FROM THE EXECUTIVE
IS ACTUALLY NOT PROPERLY
REFLECTED IN THE AMENDMENT, IN
THE CIP, BUT IN ADDITION, WE
ALSO HAVE ADJUSTED THE TOTAL
COST OF THE PROJECT TO MORE
úACCURATELY REFLECT WHAT THE
PROJECT WILL COST.
SO, WE ARE GOING FROM A
$200,000 COMMITMENT TO A
$500,000 COMMITMENT TO
ACCURATELY REFLECT WHAT SDOT
HAS PUT FORWARD TO THE PROJECT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
IT COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> I WANT TO ECHO MY
APPRECIATION FOR THE BUDGET
CHAIR AND ALL OF THE WORK SHE
HAS DONE IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL TO
INCLUDE A NUMBER OF ITEMS AND
IF I MIND, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK
ABOUT A FEW OF THOSE ITEMS THAN
HAPPY TO WHEN YOU SAY GO TALK
ABOUT THE SLIGHT AMENDMENT.
WE HAVE INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET
WITH THE COUNCILS FULL SUPPORT,
A CONTINUATION OF OUR EFFORTS
TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS AN
INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT FOR
HUMAN SERVICE CONTRACTORS,
BEING ABLE TO BRING FORWARD A
SMALL AMOUNT FROM LAST YEAR'S
BUDGET THAT WAS UNDER SPENT
MAKES IT CLEAR THAT WE ARE
REAFFIRMING TO COUNSEL'S INTENT
TO SUPPORT THOSE WORKERS WHO
PROVIDE THE BASIC SOCIAL SAFETY
NET AND THE BACKBONE SERVICES
THAT OUR CITY REALLY RELIES ON
FOR OUR ELDERS AND OUR KIDDOS,
WOMEN, PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
AND INDIVIDUALS WHO NEED
ASSISTANCE WITH HOUSING AND
THOSE WHO ARE TRYING TO GET OUT
OF HOMELESSNESS AND THIS IS
REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO
STABILIZE THIS ORGANIZATION SO
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON
THAT, COUNCIL MEMBER,
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW MENTIONED
THE TESTIMONY WE HEARD FROM
YOU HEIGHTS LAST WEEK, IN THE U
DISTRICT HAS BEEN CALLING FOR
THE NEED FOR THERE TO BE AN
ELEVATOR BECAUSE THE LIFT THAT
THEY HAVE WITH THEIR STAIRS AND
AGAIN THEY, THE BEAUTIFUL OLD
BUILDING DOES NOT HAVE AN
ELEVATOR IN IT AND IT WAS PROUD
TO SPONSOR ALONG WITH COUNCIL
MEMBER PACHECO, THE NEED FOR US
TO INCLUDE FUNDING FROM THE
CITY LEVEL II BE COUPLED WITH
STATE FUNDING AND OTHER
COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO CREATE
ACCESSIBILITY THROUGHOUT THE
BUILDING BY CREATING AN
ELEVATOR THAT IS REALLY
EXCITING.
OUR FRIENDS FROM THEY ARE HERE
AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO HAVE
BEEN WORKING WITH US FROM
SEATTLE, 2030 SEATTLE, AND OUR
PARTNERS AT THE CITY, OFFICE OF
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AS
WELL WHO ARE REALLY EXCITED
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE
A GREEN JANITOR EDUCATION
PROGRAM TO TRAIN BETWEEN 30 AND
50 JANITORS TO CLEAN OUR LEAD
BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT SEATTLE, A
30 HOUR CURRICULUM ON GREEN
CLEANING IS NOT ONLY GOOD FOR
THE WORKERS BUT IT IS GOOD FOR
MEETING THE VERY ENVIRONMENTAL
STANDARD STRATEGIES WE TALKED
ABOUT EARLIER TODAY AND
HOPEFULLY REDUCING ENERGY
CONSUMPTION AND WATER
CONSUMPTION WHICH IS WHAT THEY
SAW IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES
AS WELL SO THIS IS A HUGE
OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO MEET
THOSE GOALS AND TO TRAIN MORE
JANITORS AND IN A REALLY
GROWING SECTOR TO MAKE SURE
THAT OUR BUILDINGS ACROSS
SEATTLE NOT ONLY ARE BUILT
CERTIFIED BUT WE HAVE THE STAFF
WELL TRAINED TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEY CAN CLEAN THOSE BUILDINGS
USING HEALTHY MATERIALS AND
KEEPING OUR BUILDINGS AND OUR
WORKERS AND FUTURE GENERATIONS
HEALTHY AS WELL SO THANK YOU
GUYS FOR CONTINUING TO BE HERE
AND FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT AS
WELL.
AND MR., MR. PRESIDENT IF YOU
WOULD LIKE I CAN EITHER MOVE
THE AMENDMENT NOW ON ITEM 14 OR
I CAN HOLD BACK IF YOU WISH.>>
LET'S DIVE RIGHT IN.
>> COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN I PUT
YOU IN Q, I THINK YOU HAVE AN
AMENDMENT AS WELL.>> AGAIN I
WANT TO THANK THE PARTNERS WHO
HAVE BEEN SERVING OUR NATIVE
COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY IN
DISTRICT 7 BUT REALLY ACROSS
THE BOARD, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
COUNCILMEMBER, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ WHO HELPED LEAD THE
EFFORT TO ENSURE THAT THERE WAS
A COMMUNITY SPACE FOR OUR
NATIVE COMMUNITY AT DAYBREAK
CENTER, WE HAVE HEARD OVER THE
YEARS, THAT THE VERY ENTITIES
WHO WERE SERVING SOME OF OUR
MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES
PROVIDING THEM WITH CULTURAL
SPACE, AND BUILDINGS ARE IN
NEED OF REPAIR, IT HAS BEEN
REALLY EXCITING TO WORK WITH
THE ORGANIZATION AND THE
INDIVIDUAL'S OUT OF UNITED
INDIANS FOR ALL TRIBES AND TO
RECOGNIZE THAT THIS AMENDMENT
DOES NOT SPECIFICALLY GO TO THEM
BUT MAKE SURE THERE IS
OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT OUR
NATIVE CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS
WITH PROVIDING ACCESS TO
UTILITIES AND UPGRADING
BATHROOMS, AND UPGRADING
KITCHENS, AND USE POTENTIAL
SURPLUS DOLLARS THAT HAVE BEEN
FOUND AND USE ONE TIME INFUSION
INTO CAPITAL PROJECTS SO I
THINK THE CHAIR IS WELL FOR HER
SUPPORT, WITH HELPING TO DIRECT
US TO THOSE ONE-TIME INFUSIONS
THAT WILL REALLY MAKE A
MEANINGFUL AND LASTING
IMPROVEMENT INTO STRUCTURAL,
STRUCTURES THAT SERVE OUR
COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY OUR NATIVE
COMMUNITY AND WOULD LOVE TO
TURN IT OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER,
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ IF
POSSIBLE AS SHE HAS BEEN A HUGE
SUPPORTER IN LEADER IN THIS
EFFORT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ.
A
>> THANK YOU, I HAVE BEEN DYING
TO TALK ALL AFTERNOON.
I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER, COUNCILMEMBER
BAGSHAW AND COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA FOR BEING SUCH
SUPPORTERS OF DAYBREAK STAR
AND AS YOU KNOW, THAT FACILITY
HAS BEEN IN NEED OF REPAIR FOR
AT LEAST TWO DECADES.
WE TRY TO TELL THE PEOPLE'S
LODGE, UNDER THE DIRECTION
BEFORE WE LEFT BERNIE WHITE
BEAR, AND WE WERE MET WITH MANY
LEGAL CHALLENGES.
SO WE HOPE SOMEDAY WE CAN
REVISIT THAT AND REALIZE THE
DREAM IS NOT ONLY BERNIE WHITE
BEAR BUT THE WHOLE NATIVE
COMMUNITY IN BUILDING THE
PEOPLE'S LODGE.
AND I'M HOPING IN THE FUTURE WE
CAN FOCUS ON THE GROUP HOME OF
UNITED INDIANS AS WELL SO THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.>> THANK YOU.
>> IF I CAN ADD ONE THING ON
THAT, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT THE ONE TIME FUNDING IS
GOING TO GO INTO CAPITAL
PROJECTS LIKE YOU MENTIONED
WHETHER IT IS RESTROOM OR JUST
FIXING UP SOME OF THE
FACILITIES DOWNSTAIRS, AND WE
USE THIS FACILITY A LOT FOR OUR
PARKS EFFORTS FOR VARIOUS
COMMUNITY MEETINGS SO, I THINK
IT IS SUCH A COMMUNITY ASSET
THAT NEEDS UPGRADING, IT WAS A
GOOD CALL AND THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING IT FORWARD.>>
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT IS
REALLY A CHANGE TO THE
REFERENCE IN THE BUDGET CONTROL
LEVEL.
THIS IS ON PAGE 3 MODIFYING ITEM
1.24.
TWO INSTEAD OF REFERENCING THE
LEADERSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION
DIVISION, WHICH IS 0100 B. O HS
85000 IT WOULD INSTEAD REFERENCE
SUPPORTING AFFORDABILITY AND
LIVABILITY WHICH IS A SECTION
00100B O HS H 1000.
>> WE GOT IT.
>> I WILL SECOND THAT.
>> I WILL REFER TO THAT AS
AMENDMENT ONE, ARE THERE ANY
COMMENT ON AMENDMENT ONE AS
STATED BY COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF AMENDMENT
ONE PLEASE SAY AYE.
OPPOSED.
AMENDMENT ONE HAS PASSED, NO TO
CONSIDER COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN'S PROPOSED AMENDMENT I
AM GOING TO HAVE TO SUSPEND THE
RULES.
I WILL DO THAT BY MOTION.
SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF
SUSPENDING THE RULES TO
CONSIDER COUNCIL MEMBER
O'BRIENS AMENDMENT I WILL MOVE
FOR THAT SO MOVED AND SECONDED
TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO ALLOW
FOR DISCUSSION A COUNCIL MEMBER
O'BRIENS AMENDMENT ALL THOSE IN
FAVOR SAY I. OPPOSED.
SO, THE RULES ARE SUSPENDED
COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN WILL YOU
WALK US THROUGH YOUR PROPOSED
LANGUAGE.
A
>> THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES I CIRCULATED
AMENDMENT WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY
AMENDMENT TWO LAST ON FRIDAY, I
GOT FEEDBACK OVER THE WEEKEND
AND SO ADDED IN-LINE TO THAT BUT
WE NOTE THAT IT WAS NOT
CIRCULATED IN TIME SO THANK YOU
FOR SUSPENDING THE RULES, I
WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO AMEND
COUNSEL BILL 119575 AS
PRESENTED IN AMENDMENT TWO B,
WHAT THIS DOES IS IT BUILDS ON
WHAT MY PREVIOUS AMENDMENTS AS
WHICH WAS TO ALLOCATE AN
ADDITIONAL $100,000 TO
ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS, BCL,
AND, AT THE APPROPRIATION AND
THE 2019 BUDGET FOR THE
ADDRESSING HOMELESS BUDGET
SUMMARY LEVEL $C,000 IS
APPROPRIATED SOLELY TO PROVIDE
ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WHO
OCCUPY VEHICLES, IN THE EVENT
THAT A PROHIBITION IS PLACED ON
ALLOWING PERSON TO OCCUPY
VEHICLE IN EXCHANGE FOR RENTER
OR OTHER CONSIDERATIONS, THESE
FUNDS SHALL BE SPENT TO PROVIDE
SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS
DISPLACED FROM THEIR VEHICLES
DUE TO THE PROHIBITION.
NO PORTION OF THE AMOUNTS SHALL
BE USED FOR AND DIRECTED
ADMINISTERED OF COSTS.
AND THEN EVERY NUMBERS THE
FOLLOWING SECTIONS.>> THAT IS
THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE I DO HAVE
AN EXTRA HARD COPY IF IT HAS
BEEN PASSED AROUND.
COUNCILMEMBER, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD WE HEARD YOUR POINTS
DULY NOTED AT THE SESSION THIS
MORNING YOU ARE WELCOME TO
REPEAT THEM IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
AT 5:42 PM.>> NO.
>> SO FIRST OF ALL, LET'S MAKE
SURE THE AMENDMENT PASSES.
SO, COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN
DESCRIBED THE AMENDMENTS YOU
HAVE AND THE LANGUAGE, IS THERE
A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON
THE AMENDMENT ONLY?
OKAY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
AMENDMENT PLEASE SAY AYE.
OPPOSED.
THE AYE'S HAVE IT, SO NOW WE
HAVE AMENDED LEGISLATION FOR
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 14.
COUNCILMEMBER, BACK SHOT DID
YOU WANT TO SAY ANY OTHER
CLOSING WORDS ON AMENDMENT ITEM
NUMBER 14.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I
SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN'S
EFFORT ON THIS, IT AROSE LAST
FRIDAY AFTER WE HAD OUR
DISCUSSION ABOUT THE RV
LEGISLATION, AND, I WANT TO
UNDERSCORE THAT I AM DELIGHTED
TO BE PUTTING THIS MONEY IN THE
BUDGET AND I AM ASKING THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE AND MEMBERS OF
HER TEAM TO MAKE SURE IF THE RV
LEGISLATION GOES FORWARD, THAT
WE ARE SUPPORTING THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE GETTING REMOVED FROM
THOSE RVS AND THAT WE HAVE SOME
24 SEVEN PLACE TO PUT THEM SO I
THINK THAT IS THE INTENTION AS
WE ORIGINALLY DISCUSSED THIS
BUT WE DO NOT WANT TO LIMIT IT,
JUST TO PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING
REMOVED BECAUSE OF POTENTIAL
úNEW RV LEGISLATION, I SUPPORT
COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN AND I AM
DELIGHTED TO RECOMMEND ITEM 14
AS AMENDED.
>> VERY GOOD, ANY FURTHER
COMMENTS?
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL AS
AMENDED.>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO PRESIDENT
HARRELL.
SEVEN IN FAVOR, AND UNOPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES, THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT.
PLEASE READ THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM, THE SHORT TITLE PLEASE.
>> 15 COUNSEL BILL IN 19 76 AN
ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 12
57 24 WHICH ADOPTED THE 2019
BUDGET.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT
IT PASS.>> ANY COMMENTS?
>> NO.
NO.
OKAY.
HEARING NO QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA O'BRIEN
PRESIDENT HARRELL.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE
TABLES ON IT, PLEASE READ
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 16.
A
>> AMENDING ORDINANCE 1257 24
WHICH ADOPTED THE 2019 BUDGET
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL PASS.>> ORDINANCE THAT I
MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY I DO NOT
THINK I HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD.
TO ENLIGHTEN THE CROWD.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ON NUMBER 16.
>> SEEING NONE, PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE
BILL.
A
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ O'BRIEN
COUNCILMEMBER PACHECO
PRESIDENT HARRELL SEVEN IN
FAVOR, AND UNOPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES OUR
AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE DAY.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS
TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL,
COUNCILMEMBER, COUNCILMEMBER
BAGSHAW.
>> LISA KAY, THANK YOU FOR
PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, THIS IS
A PRECURSOR AND WHAT WE WILL
HAVE IN SIX WEEKS, THANK YOU.>>
COUNCILMEMBER, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
INDULGENCE, SO THE NEXT FULL
COUNCIL MEETING IS SEPTEMBER 3
IS THAT CORRECT.>> I BELIEVE
SO, YES IT IS.
>> I WANT TO GIVE OUR COUNSEL
COLLEAGUES A HEADS UP WE WILL
HAVE A LUNCH AND LEARN THAT
DAY, BETWEEN COUNSEL BRIEFING
AND THE FULL COUNCIL ON THE
ECONOMY WE WOULD LOVE FOR FOLKS
TO BE ABLE TO COME AND HEAR
MORE ABOUT SORT OF WHAT WE ARE
HEARING FROM COMMUNITY PARTNERS
AROUND EVERYTHING FROM DRIVERS
TO CHANGING WORK AND
TRADITIONAL INDUSTRIES AND
CROPPING INDUSTRIES SO I WILL
LOOK FOR THAT ANNOUNCEMENT TO
COME FROM US LATER THIS WEEK AS
WELL.>> THANK YOU FOR THAT
PLUG, OKAY OUR NEXT WE WILL BE
ON RECESS, THE NEXT COUNCIL
MEETING WILL BE SEPTEMBER 3 AND
EVERYONE HAVE A GREAT REST OF
THE AFTERNOON AND A GREAT
RECESS WITH THAT WE STAND
ADJOURNED.>> THANK YOU.