>>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COLLEAGUES.
THE SEPTEMBER 8, 2020 MEETING OF
THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL WILL
COME TO ORDER.
IT IS 2:00 P.M.
I'M LORENA GONZALEZ, PRESIDENT
OF THE COUNCIL, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?
>> JUAREZ?
>> HERE.
>> MORALES?
>> HERE.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> HERE.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> HERE.
>> SAWANT?
>> HERE.
>> STRAUSS?
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> HERE.
>> SEVEN PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
LOOKS LIKE I SEE COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD ON THE LINE.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, ARE YOU
WITH US?
>> I AM, INDEED.
>> ALL RIGHT.
LET'S MAKE SURE THAT THE RECORD
REFLECTS THAT COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD IS ALSO WITH US.
SO WE HAVE EIGHT MEMBERS PRESENT
AT THE MOMENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBERS, THE CITY COUNCIL
RULES ARE SILENT ON ALLOWING
REMOTE MEETINGS AND ELECTRONIC
PARTICIPATION AT CITY COUNCIL
AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
THE CITY COUNCIL ANTICIPATES
CONTINUING THIS PRACTICE THROUGH
AT LEAST OCTOBER 1st OF 2020 TO
ALLOW THE COUNCIL TO CONDUCT
BUSINESS REMOTELY.
>>> THE COUNCIL RULES WILL NEED
TO BE SUSPENDED.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE
COUNCIL RULES WILL BE SUSPENDED
TO PARTICIPATE ELECTRONICALLY AT
CITY COUNCIL AND COMMITTEE
MEETINGS TLEEN OCTOBER 1st OF
2020.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
COUNCIL RULES ARE SUSPENDED AND
THE COUNCIL WILL HOLD REMOTE
MEETINGS AND PARTICIPATE
ELECTRONICALLY THROUGH OCTOBER
1st OF 2020.
PRESENTATIONS IS NEXT ON OUR
AGENDA.
I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY
PRESENTATIONS, SO WE WILL GO
AHEAD AND MOVE TO THE APPROVAL
OF THE MINUTES.
THE MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CITY
COUNCIL MEETING OF AUGUST 12th
AND REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
OF AUGUST 17, 2020 HAVE BEEN
REVIEWED.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
MINUTES WILL BE SIGNED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
MINUTES ARE BEING SIGN.
I'D ASK THAT THE CLERK PLEASE
AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE
MINUTES.
ADOPTION OF THE REFERRAL
CALENDAR.
COLLEAGUES, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE
AMENDMENTS TO THE ADOPTION OF
THE REFERRAL CALENDAR, BUT WE
NEED TO MOVE IT AND HAVE IT
SECONDED IN ORDER FOR US TO
CONSIDER THOSE AMENDMENTS.
SO I WILL MOVE TO ADOPT THE
PROPOSED INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR, IS THERE A
SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AGAIN, THERE ARE SOME PROSE
AMENDMENTS TO AMEND THE REFERRAL
CALENDAR TO ADD TWO BILLS NOT ON
THE PUBLISHED INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR, NORMALLY
CIRCULATED BY 5:00 P.M.
ON
FRIDAY PER THE COUNCIL RULES.
SO BEFORE THESE MOTIONS CAN BE
MADE TO AMEND THE INTRODUCTION
AND REFERRAL CALENDAR, THE
COUNCIL WILL RULE RELATING TO
CIRCULATION OF THE BILL FOR
INTRODUCTION WILL NEED TO BE
SUSPENDED.
SO I WILL MAKE THAT REQUEST.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
COUNCIL RULE RELATING TO
CIRCULATION OF BILLS FOR
INTRODUCTION NOT ON THE
PUBLISHED INTRODUCTION REFERRAL
CALENDAR BY 5:00 P.M.
ON THE
PRECEDING BUSINESS DAY WILL BE
SUSPENDED TO ALLOW CONSIDERATION
OF AMENDMENTS TO ADD TWO BILLS
TO THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
COUNCIL RULE IS SUSPENDED, AND
WE WILL PROCEED WITH
CONSIDERATION OF THE PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS.
THERE ARE TWO AMENDMENTS.
ONE IS SPONSORED BY MYSELF AS I
DESCRIBED THIS MORNING DURING
COUNCIL BRIEFING.
AND THE SECOND IS BEING BROUGHT
FORWARD BY COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
AND SHE ALSO DESCRIBED HER
AMENDMENT DURING COUNCIL
BRIEFING THIS MORNING.
SO I WILL MAKE MY MOTION FIRST
AND THEN WE WILL CONSIDER THAT
AND THEN WE WILL CONSIDER
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD'S
AMENDMENT TO THE INTRODUCTION
AND REFERRAL CALENDAR.
I MOVE TO AMEND THE INTRODUCTION
AND REFERRAL CALENDAR BY
INTRODUCING COUNCIL BILL 119878
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE RELATING
TO CITY EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZING
EXECUTION OF A COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE AND THE
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE
WORKERS, DISTRICT LODGE 160,
LOCAL 79, AND RATIFYING AND
CONFIRMING CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS,
AND BY REFERRING IT TO THE CITY
COUNCIL.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
AMEND THE INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR TO INTRODUCE
COUNCILMEMBER 119878 FOR
REFERRAL TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THIS AMENDMENT?
HEARING AND SEEING NONE, WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ON THE AMENDMENT?
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> YES.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, MADAME CLERK, THE
MOTION DOES CARRY AND THE
INTRODUCTION REFERRAL CALENDAR
IS AMENDED.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, I'M GOING
TO GO AHEAD AND HAND IT OVER TO
YOU TO INTRODUCE YOUR AMENDMENT
TO THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR.
>> THANK YOU, I MOVE TO AMEND
THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR BY INTRODUCING AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO AN
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF A
NEW REGIONAL, 800 MEGA HERTZ
EMERGENCY PUBLIC RADIO
COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AUTHORIZING
THE CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER TO
EXECUTE FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE
SEATTLE -- THE CITY OF SEATTLE
IN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE, KING COUNTY
AND CITIES OF AUBURN, BELLEVUE,
FEDERAL WAY, ISSAQUAH, KENT,
KIRKLAND, MERCER I LAND AND
TUKWILA TO OWN, OPERATE AND
MAINTAIN THE REGIONAL EMERGENCY
RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM THAT
IS BEING INSTALLED AND DEVELOPED
UNDER A SEPARATE INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT AUTHORIZED BY
ORDINANCE 124685 AND BY
REFERRING IT TO THE PUBLIC
SAFETY AND HUMAN SERVICES
COMMITTEE.
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO AMEND THE INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR TO INTRODUCE
COUNCIL BILL 119879 FOR REFERRAL
TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND HUMAN
SERVICES COMMITTEE.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THIS AMENDMENT?
HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
AMENDMENT?
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> AYE.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, MADAME CLERK, THE
MOTION CARRIES AND THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR IS AMENDED.
ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS
ON THE AMENDED INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR?
HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
AMENDED INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR?
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> YES.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES, THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR IS ADOPTED AS AMENDED.
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA
IS ADOPTED.
PUBLIC COMMENT.
AT THIS TIME, WE WILL OPEN THE
REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR
ITEMS ON THE CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA, INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR AND THE
COUNCIL'S 2020 WORK PROGRAM.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR
THEIR ONGOING PATIENCE AS WE
CONTINUE TO LEARN TO OPERATE
THIS SYSTEM IN REALTIME AND
NAVIGATE THROUGH ALL OF ITS
INEVITABLE GROWING PAINS AS TIME
GOES ON.
WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY LOOKING FOR
WAYS TO FINE TUNE THIS REMOTE
PROCESS AND ADDING NEW FEATURE
THAT IS WILL ALLOW FOR
ADDITIONAL MEANS OF PUBLIC
PARTICIPATION IN OUR COUNCIL
MEETINGS.
IT REMAINS THE STRONG INTENT OF
THE CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE PUBLIC
COMMENT REGULARLY INCLUDED ON
MEETING AGENDAS.
HOWEVER, THE CITY COUNCIL
RESERVES THE RIGHT TO END OR
ELIMINATE THESE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIODS IF WE DEEM THE SYSTEM IS
BEING ABUSED OR IS NO LONGER
SUITABLE FOR ALLOWING OUR
MEETINGS TO BE CONDUCTED
EFFICIENTLY AND IN A MANNER IN
WHICH WE ARE ABLE TO CONDUCT OUR
NECESSARY BUSINESS.
I'LL MODERATE TODAY'S PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD IN THE FOLLOWING
MANNER.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR
THIS MEETING IS SCHEDULED TO BE
20 MINUTES, AND EACH SPEAKER
WILL BE GIVEN TWO MINUTES TO
SPEAK.
I'LL CALL ON EACH SPEAKER BY
NAME AND IN THE ORDER IN WHICH
THEY REGISTERED ON THE COUNCIL'S
WEBSITE.
IF YOU'VE NOT YET REGISTERED TO
SPEAK BUT WOULD LIKE TO, YOU CAN
SIGN UP BEFORE THE END OF PUBLIC
COMMENT BY GOING TO THE
COUNCIL'S WEBSITE AT
SEATTLE.GOV/COUNCIL.
THAT'S COUNCIL.
AND THE PUBLIC COMMENT LINK IS
ALSO LISTED ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
ONCE I CALL A SPEAKER'S NAME,
STAFF WILL UNMUTE THE
APPROPRIATE MICROPHONE AND YOU
WILL HEAR A PROMPT OF YOU HAVE
BEEN UNMUTED.
THAT WILL BE THE SPEAKER'S CUE
THAT IT IS THEIR TURN TO HIT
STAR SIX AND BEGIN SPEAKING.
AGAIN, WHEN YOU HEAR THE PROMPT
OF YOU HAVE BEEN UNMUTED, THAT'S
THE SPEAKER'S CUE TO PRESS STAR
SIX IN ORDER TO BEGIN SPEAKING.
PLEASE BEGIN SPEAKING BY STATING
YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM THAT YOU
ARE ADDRESSING AS A REMINDER,
PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD RELATE TO
AN ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA, THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR OR THE COUNCIL'S 2020
WORK PROGRAM.
IN ABOUT TEN SECONDS, SPEAKERS
ARE GOING TO HEAR A CHIME.
AND THAT MEANS YOU HAVE TEN
SECOND LEFT OF THE TWO MINUTES
THAT YOU HAVE BEEN ALLOTTED TO
PROVIDE THE COUNCIL WITH PUBLIC
CONGRESSMEN.
ONCE YOU HEAR THAT CHIME, I'D
ASK THAT YOU PLEASE BEGIN TO
WRAP UP YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF A SPEAKER DOES NOT END THEIR
COMMENTS AT THE END OF THE
ALLOTTED TIME PROVIDED, WHICH IN
THIS CASE IS TWO MINUTES, THE
SPEAKER'S MICROPHONE WILL BE
MUTED TO ALLOW US TO CALL ON THE
NEXT SPEAKER.
ONCE YOU'VE COMPLETED YOUR
PUBLIC COMMENT, WE ASK THAT YOU
PLEASE DISCONNECT FROM THE LINE.
AND IF YOU PLAN TO CONTINUE
FOLLOWING THIS MEETING, WE'D ASK
THAT YOU DO SO VIA SEATTLE
CHANNEL OR ANY OF THE LISTENING
OPTIONS LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
SO THE PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW
GOING TO BEGIN.
I'M GOING TO CALL ON THE FIRST
TWO SPEAKERS ON THE LIST.
AGAIN, FOR THE SPEAKERS, PLEASE
REMEMBER TO HIT STAR SIX IN
ORDER TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND SO
THAT WE CAN -- WE CAN HEAR YOU.
SO PUBLIC COMMENT IS STARTING AT
2:13 P.M., AND WE WILL GO UNTIL
2:33 P.M.
WITH PUBLIC COMMENT.
FIRST UP IS BRITTANY, FOLLOWED
BY MARI DELANEY.
>> DID IT WORK?
>> YEP, WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SORRY, HI.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS BRITTANY, I AM THE
CHAIR OF SCOOTER SHARE SEATTLE
GROUP.
WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE
IDEA OF BRINGING SCOOTERS HERE
TO REDUCE POLLUTING AND CLIMATE
KILLING CAR TRIPS.
SCOOTERS WORK WELL TO REDUCE CAR
TRIPS, ESPECIALLY WHEN PAIRED
WITH BIKESHARE, AND SCOOTERS
WILL ATTRACT PEOPLE THAT
BIKESHARE WILL NOT.
SCOOTERS ARE GENERALLY QUITE
SAFE, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE
INITIAL LEARNING PERIOD WHICH
COUNCIL HAS PLANS TO ADDRESS AND
THAT THEY'RE SAFER FOR RIDERS
AND PEDESTRIANS THAN CARS.
WE HOPE THEY'LL BE AN IMPORTANT
TOOL IN REACHING OUR VISION ZERO
GOALS.
HOWEVER, WE ARE CONCERNED THAT A
PROHIBITION ON RIDING ON
SIDEWALKS COULD PUSH VULNERABLE
USERS INTO DANGEROUS ROADWAYS
WHERE SAFE BICYCLE
INFRASTRUCTURE DOESN'T EXIST.
THERE'S OVERLAP BETWEEN AREAS OF
SEATTLE THAT HAVE INSUFFICIENT
LANES AND INEK ANY POLICING.
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO
BRINGING SCOOTERS TO SEATTLE.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON
THIS MATTER.
>> THANK YOU, BRITTANY.
NEXT UP IS MARI DELANEY FOLLOWED
BY CYNTHIA SPEIS.
>> HELLO, COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS MARI DELANEY.
FIRST I'M CALLING IN SUPPORT OF
SCOOTER SHARE.
OTHER CITIES HAVE HAD GREAT
SUCCESS WITH SCOOTERS, AND WE
SHOULD DEFINITELY FOLLOW SUIT.
SECOND OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO
ASK COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT WHERE
SHE WAS LAST TUESDAY WHEN THE
PIGS WERE BRUTALIZING HOMELESS
FOLKS OUT IN CAL ANDERSON AND
WHY SHE CONTINUES TO REMAIN
DISCONNECTED FROM THE EVENTS IN
HER DISTRICT.
AND FINALLY, I WANT TO THANK ALL
OF Y'ALL FOR THE PEPPER SPRAY
YALL ALLOWED TO BE USED ON
CHILDREN AT THE RALLY.
I YIELD MY TIME.
>> NEXT UP IS CYNTHIA FOLLOWED
BY DON CREERY.
>> HELLO?
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU.
>> HI.
I'M CYNTHIA AN INDEPENDENT
SECURITY RESEARCHER AND SEATTLE
RESIDENT.
MY COMMENTS ARE ABOUT THE
SURVEILLANCE ORDINANCE.
WHILE A TIME EXTENSION IS
NEEDED, THERE ARE IMPORTANT
CHECKS AND BALANCE THE CITY
SHOULD APPLY BEFORE APPROVING
ANOTHER EXTENSION.
FIRST, DURING THE GROUP ONE AND
TWO PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS, VERBAL
PUBLIC COMMENT PROVIDED IN
PERSON WAS NEVER RECORDED OR
INCLUDED IN THE PREVIOUS
SURVEILLANCE IMPACT REPORTS,
EVEN IF THE VERBAL PUBLIC
COMMENT WAS RECORDED ON VIDEO.
NO PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SHOULD
OCCUR DURING THE PANDEMIC UNLESS
THE CEO ENSURES PUBLIC COMMENT
GIVEN OVER THE PHONE WILL BE
RECORDED AND INCLUDED IN THE
REPORTS.
NOT EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO
UP-TO-DATE TECHNOLOGY AND
INTERNET ACCESS.
IF IT'S NOT HAPPENING IN PERSON,
THE CITY COUNCIL SHOULD REQUIRE
SPECIFIC STEPS FROM THE CTO FOR
CAPTURING ALL PUBLIC COMMENT.
THE LETTER STATES THE IMPACT
REPORTS ARE COMPLETE.
HOWEVER, ON DECEMBER 3, 2019,
THE CO-CHAIR OF THE COMMUNITY
WORKING GROUP SPECIFICALLY
REQUESTED THE DRAFT REPORTS BE
PROVIDED AS SOON AS THEY ARE
DONE.
THIS WOULD ALLOW TIME FOR THE
WORKING GROUP MEMBERS TO READ
THROUGH AND DIGEST THE
FREQUENTLY LENGTHY REPORTS
BEFORE THE ENGAGEMENT PERIOD
STARTS, WHICH IT HAS ALSO
REQUESTED HELP FROM THEM.
LASTLY, A WORKING GROUP MEETING
AFTER MARCH 2020.
BECAUSE OF THE CITY'S RESPONSE
TO COVID-19.
THE PANDEMIC IS NOT OVER.
WHAT ASSURANCE CAN THE CITY
COUNCIL PROVIDE TO THE PUBLIC
THAT STAFFING RESOURCES WILL BE
APPROPRIATELY ALLOCATE TO ALLOW
FOR COMPLETE, ROBUST AND TIMELY
COMPLIANCE WITH THE SURVEILLANCE
ORDINANCE.
IF ASSURANCES CAN'T BE MADE, THE
TIME EXTENSION IS UNREALISTIC.
PLEASE PROVIDE REASONABLE
OVERSIGHT.
THE TIME EXTENSION SHOULD NOT BE
GRANTED UNLESS SPECIFIC STEPS
ARE TAKEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND
SUFFICIENT IT STAFFING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP IS DON FOLLOWED BY MEGAN
CRUISE.
DON, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE ON
MUTE.
DON, IF YOU HIT STAR SIX, WE
MIGHT BE ABLE TO HEAR YOU.
THERE WE GO.
ARE YOU THERE, DON?
DON, IF YOU DON'T MIND, IF YOU
COULD HIT STAR SIX ONE MORE
TIME.
HEY, FOLKS FROM OUR TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT, LOOKS LIKE WE'RE
HAVING SOME ISSUES WITH DON,
CALLER DON.
>> HELLO?
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW.
THERE YOU GO.
GO FOR IT.
>> TERRIFIC.
I'M DON WITH THE DRIVERS UNION,
TEACHERS LOCAL 117.
I'M CALLING ABOUT SHARE
LEGISLATION TO RAISE PAY FOR TNC
DRIVERS.
IT HAS BEEN, I BELIEVE NOW,
ABOUT SIX YEARS SINCE I AND MANY
OTHER DRIVERS FIRST MET WITH THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL ABOUT THIS
ISSUE, AND IN THAT SIX YEARS,
DRIVERS HAVE WATCHED THEIR
INCOME DROP APPROXIMATELY 50%
FROM WHAT IT WAS AROUND 2014,
2015.
SO A YEAR AGO, DRIVERS STOOD
WITH MAYOR DURKAN WHEN SHE
ANNOUNCED THE FARE SHARE
LEGISLATION ALMOST A YEAR AGO.
IN THAT YEAR, THE CITY HAS
REACHED OUT TO OVER 10,000
DRIVERS VIA SURVEYS,
TELECONFERENCES AND PERSONAL
MEETINGS WITH STAKEHOLDERS.
AND IN THE MEETINGS WITH THESE
AND DATA GATHERED FROM THESE
10,000 DRIVERS, WE'VE COME TO
THE PROPOSAL WHICH THE MAYOR IS
PUTTING FORTH.
WITH THE DRIVER UNION, FOR THE
MOST PART, REALLY LIKED THE
PROPOSAL.
WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME MODEST
AMENDMENTS GOING FORWARD IN THE
WEEKS AND WE'D LIKE TO BE
WORKING WITH YOU ON THAT.
WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN INCREASE
IN THE MILEAGE RATE AS WELL AS
THE MINUTES RATE AND INCREASE IN
THE MINIMUM FARE.
THOSE ARE TWO VERY IMPORTANT
THINGS.
AND WE THINK MODEST IMPROVEMENT
WOULD GO A LONG WAYS TO
RETURNING THESE TO THE MIDDLE
CLASS JOBS THEY ONCE WERE.
AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, THE
PROPOSAL WILL RAISE PAY ABOUT
30%.
WE'RE HAPPY WITH THAT.
THAT SOUNDS VERY GOOD, BUT DO
KEEP IN MIND THAT OVER THE YEARS
DRIVERS' PAY HAS BEEN CUT BY
ABOUT 50%.
IN AUGUST, FOR EXAMPLE, AUGUST
2014, AUGUST 1st, DRIVERS' PAY
WAS CUT 20% ON THAT DAY -- I
THINK
MY TWO MINUTES ARE ABOUT UP.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CALLING
IN TODAY.
NEXT UP MEGAN CRUISE FOLLOWED BY
FAUNA.
>> HELLO, I'M MEGAN CRUISE.
I'M CALLING TO REQUEST AN
AMENDMENT TO CB 119835
SUPPORTING THE PUBLIC PROCESS BY
KEEPING DECISION MAKING
AUTHORITY OVER CONDITIONAL USE
OF LANDMARKS WITH THE LANDMARKS
BOARD.
I ALSO WANT TO ADDRESS CB 119877
DESCRIBED AS EXTENDING VIRTUAL
MEETINGS FOR DESIGN REVIEW IN
THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
THIS, UNFORTUNATELY, IS
DISINGENUOUS.
THE ORIGINAL COVID EMERGENCY
BILL ALLOWED PROJECTS REQUIRING
PUBLIC DESIGN REVIEW TO OPT FOR
INTERNAL ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW
FOR, QUOTE, THE SIX-MONTH
DURATION OF THE ORDINANCE OR
UNTIL SUCH EARLIER TIME THE CITY
HAS PUT IN OPERATION A SYSTEM TO
HOST MEETINGS VIRTUALLY.
THANKFULLY, THOSE MEETINGS
STARTED IN EARLY AUGUST.
THE FIRST TWO WENT VERY WELL.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED AND GOOD
JOB.
THE TRUE PURPOSE OF THIS BILL IS
TO EXTEND THE SAME PUBLIC-FREE
REVIEW FOR DEVELOPERS WHO AREN'T
ELIGIBLE AND WANT THE SAME
TREATMENT.
THIS LEGISLATION USES EMERGENCY
BILLS TO CREATE LONG-TERM
CHANGES THAT BENEFIT DEVELOPERS
AT THE EXPENSE OF THE PUBLIC.
AND DEVELOPERS DON'T NEED MORE
INCENTIVES.
BUILDING PERMITS BOOMED AFTER
THIS LEGISLATION WAS PASSED AND
IT WAS LED BY BIG PROJECTS, THE
KIND THAT EXACTLY NEED AND
BENEFIT FROM PUBLIC INPUT.
PLEASE HOLD TO YOUR PLEDGE TO
MAKE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION THE
RULE ONCE AGAIN.
EXTENDING AND EXPANDING THIS
LEGISLATION SHOWS SEATTLE IS
BOUND BY A SYSTEM SO BEHOLDEN TO
DEVELOPERS THAT IT CAN'T AFFORD
TO LET PEOPLE SPEAK PUBLICLY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
NEXT UP IS FAUNA FOLLOWED BY
MOHAMMAD JUSUF.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBERS.
MY NAME IS FAUNA AND I AM A PART
OF THE DRIVER UNION.
MY AGENDA TODAY IS ABOUT TNC
FAIR PAY.
WE NEED FAIR PAY TO SUSTAIN OUR
PERSONAL LIFE.
AS WE ALL KNOW, THE COST OF
LIVING IN SEATTLE IS GOING UP
EVERY YEAR.
FOR EXAMPLE, OUR RENT GOES UP
YEARLY SINCE OUR INCOME IS GOING
DOWN YEARLY.
I ALSO MENTIONED THAT MY HUSBAND
DRIVES FOR UBER AS WELL SINCE WE
ARE EXPECTING OUR THIRD CHILD.
HE'S THE ONLY ONE WHO'S DRIVING
RIGHT NOW.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, HE DRIVES A
VERY LONG, LONG, LONG HOURS TO
COVER OUR EXPENSES.
BECAUSE OF THAT REASON, OUR KIDS
DON'T SEE HIM VERY OFTEN.
WE ALSO DON'T HAVE A FAMILY TIME
AT ALL.
ALL WE ASK TODAY IS A FAIR PAY
JUST TO KEEP UP WITH THE PRICE
INFLATION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP IS MOHAMMAD FOLLOWED BY
DEB BARKER.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBERS.
MY NAME IS MOHAMMAD JUSUF.
I'M WITH TRAVEL UNION COMMUNITY.
PERSONALLY, I'M A FRIENDLY
PERSON, I DON'T GET THE TIME TO
SPEND WITH MY FAMILY BECAUSE WE
HAVE LONG WORK HOURS WITH LITTLE
PAY.
FOR MANY DRIVERS, WE HAVE BEEN
FIGHTING TOGETHER WITH DRIVER
UNION ON BEHALF OF THOUSANDS OF
DRIVERS.
THE NEED FOR FAIR PAY THAT
ADDRESSES RACIAL EQUITY IS MORE
IMPORTANT NOW THAN EVER.
FOR IMMIGRANT DRIVERS WHO ARE
FRONT LINE DURING THE PANDEMIC
TIME, THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE
FLL-TIME DRIVERS AND THEIR
ISSUE IS ONE -- FAIR PAY.
NO ONE EARNS LESS MINIMUM AFTER
EXPENSES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBERS.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP IS DEB BARKER FOLLOWED
BY BOB GOLDBRINSON.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON,
COUNCILMEMBERS.
MY NAME IS DEB BARKER, I'M
COMMENTING TODAY ON TWO SEPARATE
COUNCIL BILLS BEFORE YOU.
THE 119835 REGARDING THE
PROPOSED LANDMARK LANGUAGE.
THIS IS SUPPOSED TO SHIFT
AUTHORITY FROM THE LANDMARKS
BOARD TO STCI, THE PROPOSED
LANGUAGE WOULD AFFECT ONLY THE
LANDMARK PROPERTY AS A FORMER
LANDMARKS BOARD MEMBER WHO VOTED
FOR THE LANDMARKING OF THIS
DISTINCTIVE PROPERTY, I OBJECT
TO ANY NONLANDMARK STAFF OR
BOARD OVERSIGHT OF THIS
PROPERTY.
SNEAKING A CODE CHANGE IN
THROUGH AN OMNIBUS BILL IS NOT
THE WAY TO MANAGE ANY LANDMARK
PROPERTY, BE IT IS IS A BUILDING
OR SITE.
IT'S A DISSERVICE TO DO THAT TO
THE LANDMARK STAFF AND THE
BOARD.
I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN'S
AMENDMENT AND STOP THIS ACTION
OF 119835 PROPOSED LANDMARKS
LANGUAGE.
SECOND, PLEASE SUPPORT COUNCIL
BILL 119858 WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE
FINANCING.
GO WEST SEATTLE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANKS FOR CALLING IN, DEB.
NEXT UP IS BOB FOLLOWED BY
SHAREEF.
>> HELLO, I'M BOB GOLBRANSON
FROM THE DRIVERS UNION.
AND I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE
FAIR PAY.
WE NEED FAIR PAY.
WE'RE -- PRICES ARE -- THE FARES
ARE GOING DOWN AND DOWN ALL THE
TIME MORE AND MORE.
IN -- LET'S SEE, IT WAS 2014 I
STARTED DRIVING FOR UBER.
AND THEY WERE PRETTY FAIR RATES
THEN.
THE BASE PAY FARE WAS $2.50.
THE MINIMUM FARE WAS $6.
CANCELLATION WAS $5.
AND IT'S BEEN GOING DOWN AND
DOWN EVERY YEAR, SOMETIMES TWICE
A YEAR IN THE TIME I'VE BEEN
DRIVING.
AND IT'S GETTING HARDER TO KEEP
UP WITH EXPENSES WHEN THINGS
LIKE THIS ARE HAPPENING.
AND WE SURE DO NEED THAT FAIR
PAY INCREASE FOR OUR WORK.
WE WORK LONG HOURS AND SOMETIMES
IT ISN'T REAL COMFORTABLE WORK,
BUT A LITTLE BIT OF AN INCREASE,
FAIR PAY, WOULD SURE HELP US OUT
A LOT, AND I HOPE EVERYTHING
GOES IN OUR FAVOR.
THESE RATES THAT I JUST READ TO
YOU WERE FROM 2014 WHEN I FIRST
STARTED DRIVING, AND NOW IT'S
JUST AWFUL WHAT WE GET PAID NOW.
WE HAVE TO WORK MANY LONG HOURS
IN ORDER TO MAKE -- TO MAKE A
HALFWAY DECENT LIVING.
THANKS FOR LISTENING TO ME, AND
THANKS AGAIN, SO I'LL SAY
GOOD-BYE.
>> THANK YOU, BOB, FOR CALLING
IN TODAY.
NEXT UP IS SHAREEF FOLLOWED BY
SHEILA STICKLE.
GO AHEAD.
YOU HAVE TO HIT STAR SIX.
THERE WE GO.
WE CAN HEAR YOU.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS SHAREEF.
I'M A MEMBER OF THE DRIVERS
UNION.
AND I JOINED THE UNION IN THIS
EPIDEMIC CRISIS BECAUSE JUST
LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT SHOWS THE
REALITY OF WHAT I'M DOING, MY
WORK, MY LIFE AND MY FAMILY WITH
IT.
I REMEMBER I WAS GOOD AT MAKING
DECENT LIVING AND BUY FEW
PRESENTS FOR MY DAUGHTER.
I GOT ONLY ONE DAUGHTER.
BUT RIGHT NOW IN THIS EPIDEMIC
CRISIS, I'M COMING BACK HOME AND
SHE'S TELLING ME, DAD, YOU'RE
NOT MAKING THESE MAGIC TRICKS.
YOU USED TO BRING ME PRESENT AND
YOU MAKE THE MAGIC.
I CAN'T DO IT ANYMORE.
AND I'M STANDING SOMETIMES ONE
HOUR, TWO HOURS BEFORE GETTING
HOME AND FIND HER WAIT, YOU
KNOW?
IT'S SO BAD REALLY.
I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT ANY
NUMBERS, ABOUT ANYTHING THAT YOU
CALL FOR, BUT I'M GOING TO TALK
AS A HUMAN BEING.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO MAKE A
DECENT LIVING, ESPECIALLY NOW IN
THE EPIDEMIC WE ARE REALLY
STRUGGLING DAY AFTER DAY.
WE JUST WANT TO HAVE DECENT PAY
LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.
WE DO HARD JOB.
WE WORKING IN THE FRONT LINE.
WE'RE HELPING OTHER BROTHERS AND
SISTERS DOING ESSENTIAL JOBS,
AND AT THE END WHEN YOU COME
BACK HOME, YOU DON'T HAVE THAT
MUCH TO SUPPORT YOUR FAMILY.
I DON'T THINK IT'S REASONABLE
THESE DAYS.
SO PLEASE, LOOK AT IT, OUR RAISE
AS HUMAN BEING.
YOU KNOW, HELP US AS BROTHERS.
PLEASE.
LOOK AT IT AS A HUMAN BEING, HOW
YOU GOING TO LIVE.
YOU'RE WORKING HARD EVERY DAY,
LONG HOURS, AND YOU CANNOT MAKE
IT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
TIME AND I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A
GREAT TIME.
THANK YOU, BYE-BYE.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP IS SHEILA STICKLE
FOLLOWED BY AKHMED.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M SHEILA,
AND I AM PLEASED TO REPRESENT
WHEELS, WHICH IS A NEW KIND OF
MICROVEHICLE THAT SHARES THE
BEST ATTRIBUTES OF E-SCOOTERS
AND E-BIKES IN A DEVICE THAT
STAYS SANITARY AND SUSTAINABLE.
IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT HALF OUR
RIDERS ARE WOMEN AND ONE-THIRD
OF THE RIDERS ARE OVER 35 YEARS
OLD.
I'M ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT THE
COUNCIL BILLS TODAY RELATING TO
THE FREE-FLEETING SCOOTER
PROGRAM.
IT'S A MAJOR PRIORITY.
OUR DEVICE HAS A SEAT FOR LOW
CENTER OF GRAVITY AND GREATER
OPERATOR CONTROL.
WE HAVE AN INTEGRATED SMART
HELMET SYSTEM THAT LOCKS INTO
THE REAR FENDER AND A ONE-TIME
USE, PEEL-OFF, BIODEGRADABLE
HEADLINER WHICH PROTECTS PEOPLE
FROM GERMS, AND A SELF-CLEANING
HANDLEBAR SANITIZING SYSTEM THAT
WAS PUT IN PLACE WITH A
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LEADER IN
THAT KIND OF TECHNOLOGY CALLED
NANO SEPTIC.
ON OUR WEBSITE WE PUBLISHED A
SAFETY STUDY SHOWING THAT WE
HAVE FOUR TIMES LESS INJURIES
THAN BIKES AND THREE TO 66 TIMES
LESS INJURIES THAN OTHER DEVICES
AND SCOOTERS.
I'M GOING TO REFER YOU TO THE
EMAIL I SENT TO THE COUNCIL
ADDRESS THAT'S POSTED, AND I'M
HAPPY TO SEND THE SAFETY STUDY
AFTER I SPEAK.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, SHEILA, FOR
CALLING IN TODAY.
NEXT UP IS AKHMED FOLLOWED BY
WALT ELLIS.
>> HI, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
MY NAME IS AKHMED AND I'M ALSO A
PART OF THE DRIVERS UNION.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR
GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY.
NOW, FOR SOMEONE WHO DROVE FOR
UBER AND LYFT OVER THE YEARS AND
EXPERIENCED REDUCTION IN PAY
WITH THESE COMPANIES, I WOULD
LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE TNC FAIR
PAY.
I AM VERY OPTIMISTIC, MORE THAN
ANY OTHER TIME, TO SEE WHAT THE
DRIVERS UNION BEING BROUGHT IN
FRONT OF THE COUNCIL.
WE THINK THIS WOULD BE A MODEST
IMPROVEMENT TOWARDS FAIR PAY,
AND IT WOULD HELP THE DRIVERS
KEEP UP WITH THE, YOU KNOW,
LIVING INCREASES IN SEATTLE.
NOW, AS A FATHER WITH THREE
SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN WHO
ESPECIALLY WITH WHAT WE'RE GOING
THROUGH, SPENDING HALF THE DAY
TENDING TO THEIR EDUCATIONAL
NEEDS, THIS WOULD HELP ME WORK
LESS TIMES AND BE THERE FOR
THEIR EDUCATIONAL NEEDS.
AND I AM ADDING ON TO THE OTHER
VOICES THAT CALLED IN TODAY
ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND ENCOURAGE
YOU TO STAND WITH US AND PUSH
FORWARD FOR A CHANGE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE REACHED THE
END OF OUR 20 MINUTES OF PUBLIC
COMMENT.
IT'S 2:33 P.M.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, I WOULD
LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN GET
THROUGH THE REST OF THE LIST
TODAY.
THERE'S ABOUT 14 FOLKS LEFT.
I THINK IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE
BOTH THE NEED FOR US TO GET
THROUGH OUR COUNCIL BUSINESS AND
THE NEED TO HEAR FROM ADDITIONAL
FOLKS, I'D ASK THAT THE IT FOLKS
REDUCE THE TIME ALLOTTED TO ONE
MINUTE.
AND IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, I'D
LIKE TO EXTEND THE PERIOD OF
PUBLIC COMMENT BY AN ADDITIONAL
15 MINUTES.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, OUR PERIOD
OF PUBLIC COMMENT IS EXTENDED
FOR AN ADDITIONAL 15 MINUTES AT
ONE MINUTE EACH FOR THE
REMAINING SPEAKERS.
NEXT UP IS WALT ELLIS FOLLOWED
BY JONATHAN HOPKINS.
>> HI, YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I'M WALTER ELLIS CALLING ON
BEHALF OF THE DRIVER UNION ABOUT
FAIR PAY.
AS A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE ARE
HEARING THAT DRIVERS ARE WEEKEND
WARRIORS AND WE GO OUT FOR A
COUPLE HOURS, TAKE A COUPLE OF
DRIVES, AND WHILE THERE ARE A
COUPLE OF PEOPLE WHO DO THAT, AT
LEAST A THIRD OF THE DRIVERS ON
THE ROAD ARE FULL-TIME DRIVERS
WHO ARE DOING THIS AS A PRIMARY
WAY TO FEED THEIR FAMILY.
THESE FULL-TIME DRIVERS, WHILE
WE'RE ONLY ONE-THIRD OF THE
TOTAL, WE'RE TAKING MORE THAN
60% OF THE TRIPS.
SO WE'RE PULLING FAR MORE THAN
OUR WEIGHT AND ARE THE MOST
ESSENTIAL PART OF THIS SYSTEM.
WITHOUT US, THIS WHOLE THING
CRUMBLES AND NOBODY CAN DO WHAT
THEY NEED TO DO.
IT'S IMPORTANT WE MAKE SURE THAT
DRIVERS ARE RESPECTED AND ARE
CONTINUE TO PAID WHAT WE USED TO
BE PAID, WHICH WAS SUSTAINABLE,
AND NOW IT'S NOT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP IS JONATHAN HOPKINS
FOLLOWED BY KATIE WILSON.
>> GO AHEAD, JONATHAN, IF YOU
HAVEN'T HIT STAR SIX, PLEASE DO
THAT.
AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO HEAR
YOU.
>> OKAY, IT WORKS.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
I WAS RECENTLY SPEAKING TO AN
AUCKLAND CITY COUNCIL WHO SAID
DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE THE CITY
IS NOT DOING SCOOTERS NOW,
THEY'RE DOING IT WRONG.
WE HOPE YOU'LL TAKE HIS ADVICE
AND APPROVE A SCOOTER LAUNCH
AFTER YEARS OF PREPARATION.
ANY DELAY MEANS LAUNCHING THEM
WHEN IT'S RAINIER, DARKER AND
LESS SAFE TO TAKE A RIDE.
WE HAVE THE LONGEST EXPERIENCE
IN THE COUNTRY WITH
FREE-FLOATING BIKESHARE.
IT WILL BE FAR FROM A LOAN.
FEWER CARS MEANS FEWER CO2
INTERMISSIONS AND FEWER CHILDREN
CONTRACTING ASTHMA IN POLLUTED
AREAS.
IT MEANS PEOPLE CAN RIDE A
SCOOTER FOR LESS THAN A
SUBSIDIZED BUS TRIP.
IT'LL STRENGTHEN THE BIKESHARE
SYSTEM, IT ENABLES US TO EXPAND
FROM 500 BIKES TO 2,000.
THIS IS WHY TONS OF LOCAL
ORGANIZATIONS ARE SUPPORTING
THIS AND HAVE SENT LETTERS TO
THE COUNCIL.
WE SUPPORT AND HOPE YOU'LL
SUPPORT IT AS WELL WITHOUT ANY
DELAY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
NEXT UP IS KATIE WILSON,
FOLLOWED BY FRANCIS.
>> HI, COUNCILMEMBERS, THIS IS
KATIE WILSON REPRESENTING THE
TRANSIT RIDERS UNION.
FIRST OF ALL, WE SUPPORT THE
FAIR SHARE PLAN, BUT MAINLY I'M
CALLING IN REGARD TO SCOOTER
SHARE.
WE SUPPORT MOVING FORWARD WITH A
SCOOTER PROGRAM.
TRANSIT TRIPS ARE INHERENTLY
MULTIMODAL.
SCOOTERS WILL BE A USEFUL OPTION
TO GET TO AND FROM TRANSIT
QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY.
WE SUPPORT A LOW-INCOME FARE
REQUIREMENT TO ENSURE DISCOUNTS
SO COST IS NOT A BARRIER.
WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT SCOOTERS
AND BIKES LEFT IN THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY, ESPECIALLY THEIR
IMPACT ON WHEELCHAIR USERS AND
PEOPLE WITH MOBILITY PROBLEMS.
WE URGE YOU TO ENSURE PROPER
PARKING AND ENSURE PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES ARE PROTECTED.
THERE NEEDS TO BE FAR MORE BIKE
AND SCOOTER PARKING THROUGHOUT
THE CITY.
THANKS FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS
PROGRAM, AND PLEASE MOVE
FORWARD.
>> NEXT UP IS FRANCIS, FOLLOWED
BY JUDITH.
GO AHEAD, FRANCIS.
>> OH, THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS FRANCIS.
I'M A MEMBER OF DRIVERS UNION
AND I'LL BE SPEAKING IN SUPPORT
OF FAIR PAY FOR DRIVERS.
THERE ARE A FEW EXPENSES WHICH
WE INCUR AND FEW PEOPLE TALK
ABOUT THEM.
ONE OF THEM IS DOUBLE INSURANCE.
BEFORE UBER AND LYFT CAN LET US
DRIVE, GET ON THE ROAD, WE HAVE
TO SHOW THEM WE HAVE INSURED THE
VEHICLES.
THEN AFTER GIVING THAT, THEY
TAKE A CUT FROM EVERY RIDE WHICH
THEY SAY IS PAYING FOR
INSURANCE.
SO IF YOU CAN HELP US TAKE CARE
OF THAT PROBLEM, WE WILL BE VERY
HAPPY.
THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO
BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION IS THAT
WE DON'T HAVE HEALTHCARE.
WE HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.
AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY PAYMENT
BENEFITS.
AND WE FIND IT EVEN HARDER TO
GET ANYTHING.
>> THANK YOU, FRANCIS, FOR
CALLING IN.
NEXT IS JUDITH FOLLOWED BY
MARIA.
>> HELLO.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCILMEMBERS,
I'M JUDITH, AND I'M URGING YOU
SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN'S
AMENDMENT OF CB 119835, THE
OMNIBUS BILL, BECAUSE THAT BILL
SHOULD NOT BE HAVING SUBSTANTIVE
LEGISLATION IN IT.
AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE
WITH RESPECT TO SITES THAT WILL
UNDER THE RUBRIC OF SDCI, THESE
ARE HISTORIC SITES AS OPPOSED TO
THE LANDMARKS BOARD, WHICH IS
WHERE IT BELONGS.
I'VE SENT YOU A VERY LONG LETTER
EXPLAINING WHY I THINK IT'S
TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE AMONG
THOSE THAT APPEARED TO BE
TAILORED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
HOTEL WHICH HAS REPEATEDLY
FLOUTED AND FAILED TO FOLLOW THE
RULES INVOLVING THIS LANDMARK
SITE.
BUT AS HISTORIC SEATTLE HAS
SAID, THIS MAY HAVE GREATER
IMPLICATIONS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND SUPPORT
THE AMENDMENT PEDERSEN HAS
DRAFTED.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
NEXT UP IS MARIA, FOLLOWED BY
HOWARD GALE.
GO AHEAD, MARIA.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ AND COUNCILMEMBERS.
WE AT THE BEACON HILL COUNCIL
ASK YOU REJECT OR AMEND COUNCIL
BILL 119853, PAGE 39, LINE 6 TO
20 ON THE BASIS OF RACE AND
SOCIAL JUSTICE EQUITY.
IT WILL PREVENT THE DEVELOPMENT
OF A SITE WITHOUT APPROVAL OF
THE LANDMARKS BOARD.
WE HAVE 47 SITES AS MEETING THE
CRITERIA FOR LANDMARKING THE
CITY RESOURCES SURVEY.
WE ASKED THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS TO LOOK FOR
RESOURCES TO HAVE IT LANDMARKED.
THEY INFORMED US THE HISTORIC
ASSESSMENT RESOLUTION IS
NONBINDING, WHICH LEAVES US UP A
CREEK.
IT GIVES NO CONSIDERATION TO
LANDMARK SITES, MUCH LESS BEACON
HILL'S HISTORIC SITES.
WE'D LOSE THE DIVERSE SITES AND
WE VIEW THAT AS A DISCRIMINATORY
ACT.
PLEASE REJECT THE AMENDMENT OR
AMEND IT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
NEXT UP IS HOWARD, FOLLOWED BY
COLLEEN.
>> HI, THIS IS HOWARD GALE FROM
LOWER QUEEN ANNE, DISTRICT
SEVEN, COMMENTING ON URGENT
ISSUES CONCERNING POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY THAT ARE PART OF
THE COUNCIL'S 2020 WORK PROGRAM.
IN RECENT MONTHS WE'VE SEEN THE
ABJECT FAILURE OF ALL THREE OF
SEATTLE'S POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
BODIES.
THE COMMUNITY POLICE COMMISSION,
OIG AND SPA HAVE IGNORED THE
MURDER ON AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN
MAN, TERRY, MURDERED IN SEATTLE
JUST DAYS BEFORE GEORGE FLOYD.
ONLY RECENTLY HAS THE OPA OPENED
AN INVESTIGATION INTO THIS
MURDER, CLAIMING AT FIRST THAT
NO ONE SUBMITTED A COMPLAINT,
DESPITE THE FACT I HAD IN JUNE
AND DESPITE THE OPA HAVING THE
MANDATE TO DO SO INDEPENDENT OF
COMPLAINTS.
THE CPC ABRUPTLY AND ARBITRARILY
SUSPENDED PUBLIC COMMENT AND
FLED INTO AN ILLEGAL EXECUTIVE
SESSION TO DEAL WITH THIS
VIOLATION.
HERE THE BOTTOM LINE IS THERE'S
AN URGENT NEED NOT TO JUST
DEFUND AND REIMAGINE POLICING
BUT TO DEFUND AND REIMAGINE THE
CURRENT FAILED POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT UP IS COLLEEN FOLLOWED BY
ERIC SALINGER.
GO AHEAD, COLLEEN.
JUST MAKE SURE YOU PRESS STAR
SIX SO WE CAN HEAR YOU.
YOU THERE, COLLEEN?
>> YES, GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY
COUNCIL.
THANK YOU, WELCOME BACK FROM
YOUR WELL DESERVED BRAKE.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE ONLY US IN
BILLS ARE PRESENTED ANNUALLY TO
PROTECT TYPOS, CORRECT
OMISSIONS, CLARIFY AND MAKE
OTHER TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS AND
CLARIFICATIONS.
QUOTE, THEY'RE NOT INTENDED TO
BE A VEHICLE FOR ADDRESSING
SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC POLICY
ISSUES.
I'M ADDRESSING THE ONLY US IN
BILL 119835 IN SUPPORT OF
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN'S
AMENDMENT TO STRIKE THE LANGUAGE
THAT INSERTS THE WORD SHORT
SITES INTO SECTION 17.
IT WOULD ALLOW THE DIRECTOR TO
AUTHORIZE A USE NOT CURRENTLY
PERMITTED IN THE ZONE AS AN
ADMINISTRATIVE CONDITIONAL USE
WITHIN A STRUCTURE.
THE LANDMARK BOARD MEMBERS WERE
NOT CONSULTED AND WERE NOT TOLD
ANYTHING ABOUT THIS, EVEN
THROUGH THEIR SEPTEMBER 2nd
MEETING WHEN THEY FOUND OUT
ABOUT IT THROUGH THE PUBLIC
COMMENT DURING THEIR LANDMARK
BOARD.
SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO REJECT THE
LANGUAGE THAT'S IN THERE BY
SUPPORTING COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN'S AMENDMENT AND THE DCI
ALREADY HAS A DECISION MAKING
POWER AFTER THE LANDMARK BOARD
SEES IT AND DECIDES.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN
TODAY.
NEXT UP IS ERIC FOLLOWED BY BUI.
>> HI.
CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME?
>> WE CAN.
GO AHEAD.
>> OKAY.
SO MY NAME IS ERIC SALINGER, AND
UNFORTUNATELY, I STILL LIVE IN
DISTRICT SEVEN.
AND HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW WHY I
BOTHER CALLING ANYMORE.
THERE WAS A MARCH TO SPOG'S HG
YESTERDAY.
IT WASN'T VIOLENT.
THERE WERE KIDS THERE.
IT ARRIVED AT SPOG'S HQ AND
SPEAKERS STARTED BLASTING SAVE A
HORSE, RIDE A COWBOY AS TEAR GAS
AND AMMUNITION STARTED FLYING.
THERE ARE VICES.
SAVE A HORSE, RIDE A COWBOY.
THIS ISN'T THE ATTITUDE OF A
DEPARTMENT THAT WANTS TO BE
ACCOUNTABLE TO THE COMMUNITY,
THIS IS THE ACT OF A GANG OF
THUGS.
THEY KNOW THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH
MURDER.
JUST ASK BEN.
YOU AGREED TO DEFUND AND
CHICKENED OUT.
NOW SOME SORT OF COMPROMISE.
I KNOW YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO
ANYTHING BUT WRING YOUR HANDS.
WE CAN'T PROTECT CHILDREN FROM
BEING TEAR GASSED, BUT MAYBE
WE'LL DO SOMETHING LATER.
WE CAN'T STOP ATTACKING SOME
NONVIOLENT --
>> NEXT UP IS BUI FOLLOWED BY
TIM.
>> HI, MY NAME IS FANG BUI AND
I'M A GOVERNMNT PARTNERSHIPS
MANAGER SPEAKING ON ITEM 20.
WE URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH THE PROPOSED PILOT
PROGRAM THAT SHARES SDOT'S
MISSION FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION.
WE EDUCATE LOCAL PARTNERS ON
RIDING AND HELMET RULES AND IF
GIVEN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IN
SEATTLE, WE WOULD WORK CLOSELY
WITH THE CITY TO PROVIDE SERVICE
TO DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS,
INCLUDING WEST SEATTLE.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE CAN HELP FILL
THE GAP CREATE BID THE CLOSURE
OF THE WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE.
WE KNOW THAT'S LED TO MORE
TRAFFIC ON THE SOUTH PARK AND
1st AVENUE SOUTH BRIDGE AND
INCREASED POLLUTION IN EQUITY
FOCUS AREAS.
ALTERNATELY, WE LOOK FORWARD TO
A FUTURE IN SEATTLE WHERE MORE
PEOPLE CHOOSE BIKES AND SCOOTERS
OVER SINLE OCCUPANCY CAR
SHAIRS.
WE ASK YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH THE
PILOT PROGRAM.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND
CONSIDERATION.
>> THANK YOUER FOR CALLING IN.
NEXT UP IS TIM FOLLOWED BY
ALICIA RUIZ.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS TIM WITH SPIN, AND
I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 20
BEFORE YOU TODAY.
THE PROPOSED SCOOTER PILOT
PROGRAM WOULD PROVIDE RESIDENTS
OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE WITH
ANOTHER CONVENIENT AND
AFFORDABLE TRANSPORTATION
OPTION, ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WITH
LOW INCOMES.
AND WE COMMEND THE GOOD PLANNING
DONE BY SDOT AND THE RIGOROUS
SAFETY AND OVERSIGHT MEASURES
BIT INTO THE PROGRAM BEFORE YOU
TODAY.
SPIN CURRENTLY OPERATES WITH AN
ALL W2 WORK FORCE IN SEVERAL
CITIES.
WE LAUNCHED OUR SERVICES HERE IN
KING COUNTY AT WHITE CENTER FOR
A PILOT WE'RE PARTNERING WITH
THE COUNTY ON.
SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE
SERVING METRO RESIDENTS.
WE'D WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PROVIDE OUR SERVICE TO THE CITY
OF SEATTLE AS WELL.
WE SHARE THE GOAL OF BEING
CARBON NEGATIVE BY 2025.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
NEXT UP IS ALICIA RUIZ FOLLOWED
BY CHARLIE LATHAM.
>> THANK YOU, MADAME PRESIDENT
AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
I HOPE YOU ARE ALL DOING WELL
AND STAYING SAFE.
MY NAME IS ALICIA RUIZ AND I'M
THE SEATTLE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
MANAGER FOR THE MASTER BUILDERS
ASSOCIATION OF KING AND SNOUMS,
AND I'M TESTIFYING ON COUNCIL
BILL 119865 REGARDING STREET USE
FEES.
OUR ASSOCIATION AND OUR NEARLY
3,000 MEMBERS STAND IN
OPPOSITION TO THE NEW STREET USE
C SCHEDULE AS THE INCREASE IN
FEES IS ANOTHER FEE IMPOSED BY
THE CITY THAT IS INCREASING THE
COST OF HOUSING.
DURING THIS TIME OF COVID, THE
MAJORITY OF THE ECONOMY IS STILL
SHUT DOWN.
CONSTRUCTION IS ONE OF THE FEW
INDUSTRIES ABLE TO WORK AND
PROVIDE JOBS.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE COST TO BUILD
IS BECOMING HARDER AND MORE
EXPENSIVE IN SEATTLE AND SEVERAL
PROJECTS ARE JUST NOT GETTING
BIT.
PRODUCTION IS DOWN 25%.
THAT MEANS LESS JOBS AND LESS
TAX REVENUE FOR OUR CITY.
WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DELAY THE
VOTE UNTIL SDOT CAN GO BACK TO
THE TABLE TO CONSIDER INPUT FROM
OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO FIND FEE
THAT IS WON'T INCREASE THE PRICE
OF HOUSING.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR CALLING IN.
NEXT UP IS CHARLIE, FOLLOWED BY
BRAXTON BAKER.
>> HI, CITY COUNCIL, AND A LATE
HAPPY LABOR DAY TO EVERYBODY.
I'M WITH MLK LABOR COUNCIL WHICH
REPRESENTS KING COUNTY UNIONS
AND OVER 100,000 WORKING PEOPLE.
I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE
FAIR SHARE COALITION, WHICH IS A
BROAD COALITION, MORE THAN 70
ORGANIZATIONS FROM UNIONS TO
TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING
ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS TO FAITH
AND NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS.
WE ALL SUPPORT THE FAIR SHARE
PLAN TO RAISE DRIVER PAY AS A
COALITION BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF
THE MOST IMPORTANT LABOR
PROTECTIONS WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE
PEOPLE'S LIVES.
IT WOULD ADDRESS RACIAL
INEQUALITY AND LOW WAGES IN OUR
COMMUNITY.
IT WOULD BE YET ANOTHER WAY FOR
SEATTLE TO LEAD THE NATION OF
PROGRESSIVE LABOR PROTECTIONS AS
WE HAVE DONE SO MANY TIMES IN
THE PAST.
SO LET'S FINISH THE JOB AND
ENSURE UBER AND LYFT DRIVERS IN
OUR CITY EARN A LIVING WAGE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANKS, CHARLIE.
NEXT UP IS BRAXTON BAKER
FOLLOWED BY VALERIE.
>> HI K YOU HEAR ME?
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU, GO AHEAD.
>> HI, I'M JUST CALLING ON
BEHALF OF SEATTLE GROUP FOR
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND I WANT
TO SPEAK ON THE CBA FOR POLICE
OFFICERS GUILD AND THE SPMA CBA
SET TO EXPIRE AT THE END OF THIS
YEAR.
IN 2018 WHEN THE CONTRACTS WERE
INITIALLY OPENED FOR
NEGOTIATIONS AND PASSED, WE SAW
THAT THE CPC ALONG WITH 23 OTHER
COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT PROBABLY
ALSO SIGNED WITH THE CONSENT
DECREE ACTUALLY OPPOSED THE
PASSING OF THIS CONTRACT AND
STATED THAT IT WENT AGAINST A
LOT OF HARD FOUGHT BATTLES FOR
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY, AND NOT
ONLY THAT, BUT JUDGE JAMES RO
BART OPPOSED THE PASSING OF THIS
CONTRACT.
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE SEE
THAT CITY COUNCIL PASSED THE --
PASSED THE LEGISLATION WITH AN
8-1 VOTE WITH COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT BEING THE ONLY
OPPOSITION.
SO I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS THE
FACT THAT IN THIS CURRENT
NEGOTIATION WE NEED COMMUNITY
REPRESENTATION.
WE NEED TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY
INVOLVED, AND WE ALSO NEED TO BE
LISTENED TO.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR LAST SPEAKER IS VALERIE.
>> HI, COUNCILMEMBERS.
I HADN'T PLANNED ON -- THIS IS
VALERIE FROM BEACON HILL -- I
HASN'T PLANNED ON SPEAKING
TODAY, BUT I WAS CATCHING UP
WITH THE NEWS THIS MORNING,
ESPECIALLY ON TWITTER, READING
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AT THE LABOR
DAY MARCH ABOUT POLICING IN SODO
YESTERDAY.
I'M REALLY SO FURIOUS ABOUT THE
BEHAVIOR OF SPD, THE CONTINUING
BEHAVIOR OF SPD THAT I REALLY, I
CAN HARDLY SPEAK.
CAN YOU HEAR
ME?
I'M GETTING A BEEP.
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU.
GO AHEAD.
>> YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT I
SEE ABOUT SPD'S BEHAVIOR
YESTERDAY IS ABSOLUTELY
INFURIATING.
THEY ARE VERY HIGHLY PAID CITY
EMPLOYEES, AND THEY ARE BEHAVING
AS IF THEY ARE RUNNING THEIR OWN
PRIVATE WAR AGAINST PROTESTERS.
THIS IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE.
IT'S REALLY A FORM OF THEFT OF
PUBLIC MONEY.
I SUGGEST ANYONE WHO WANTS TO
CATCH UP ON THIS NEWS LOOK AT
THE STRANGER'S REPORT, LOOK AT
THE REPORTER --
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CALLING
IN.
COLLEAGUES, THAT IS THE LAST
SPEAKER I HAVE THAT IS BOTH
PREREGISTERED AND SHOWING UP AS
PRESENT ON MY PUBLIC COMMENT
SIGN-UP SHEET HERE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
CLOSE OUT THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD AND BEGIN ON THE ITEMS OF
BUSINESS ON OUR AGENDA, OF WHICH
THERE ARE MANY.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND DIG IN TO
THIS AFTERNOON'S WORK.
WE WILL BEGIN WITH PAYMENT OF
THE BILLS.
THERE ARE THREE BILLS.
WE WILL CONSIDER EACH ONE
INDIVIDUALLY BUT HAVE THEM ALL
READ INTO THE RECORD.
SO PAYMENT OF THE BILLS, WILL
THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE
TITLES?
>> PAYMENT OF BILLS, COUNCIL
BILL 1197, 11987 THE, AN
ORDNANCE APPROPRIATUATING MONEY
TO PAY CERTAIN CLAIMS FOR THE
WEEK OF AUGUST 10th THROUGH
AUGUST 14, 2020 AND ORDERING THE
PAYMENT THEREOF.
COUNCIL BILL 119873, AN
ORDINANCE APPROPRIATUATING MONEY
TO PAY CERTAIN AUDITED CLAIMS
FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 17th
THROUGH AUGUST 21, 2020 AND
ORDERING THE PAYMENT THEREOF.
COUNCIL BILL 119874, AN
ORDINANCE TO PAY CERTAIN AUDITED
CLAIMS FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 24
THROUGH AUGUST 28, 2020 AND
ORDERING THE PAYMENT THEREOF.
>> THANK YOU, MAD DAM CLERK.
I WILL MOVE TO PASS COUNCIL BILL
119872.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
THAT THE BILL PASS.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS?
HEARING NO COMMENTS, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> HERBOLD?
>> AYE.
>> JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS?
>> AYE?
>> MORALES?
>> AYE?
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES, AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
I MOVE TO PASS COUNCIL BILL
119873.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN SECONDED THAT THE
BILL PASS.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS?
HEARING NO COMMENT -- PASSAGE OF
THE BILL.
>> HERBOLD?
>> AYE.
>> JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS?
>> AYE.
>> MORALES?
>> AYE.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, MADAME CLERK.
THE BILL PASSES AND THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
I MOVE TO PASS COUNCIL BILL
119874, IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
THAT THE BILL PASS.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS?
HEARING NO COMMENTS, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> HERBOLD?
>> AYE.
>> JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS?
>> AYE.
>> MORALES?
>> AYE.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> AYE.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU, THE BILL PASSES
AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
OKAY.
COMMITTEE REPORTS OF THE CITY
COUNCIL.
WE'LL START WITH ITEM NUMBER
ONE, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
AGENDA ITEM ONE INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM ONE, APPOINTMENT
1603, THE REAPPOINTMENT OF DWANE
CHAPPELLE AS DIRECTOR OF
EDUCATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION AND EARLY LEARNING FOR
A TERM TO JANUARY 1, 2024.
>> THANK YOU, MADAME CLERK.
I MOVE TO CONFIRM APPOINTMENT
1603.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
CONFIRM THE APPOINTMENT OF
DIRECTOR CHAPPELLE.
AS SPONSOR OF THIS APPOINTMENT,
I AM THRILLED TO BE THE FIRST
ONE TO BE TABLE ADDRESS IT, AND
THEN I WILL, OF COURSE, OPEN IT
UP TO COMMENTS AMONGST MY
COLLEAGUES.
SO AGAIN, I'M VERY EXCITED TO
BRING THIS APPOINTMENT BEFORE
YOU, COLLEAGUES.
IT HAS BEEN A PLEASUR AND
PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO WORK
WITH DIRECTOR CHAPPELLE AS A
COUNCILMEMBER OVER THE LAST
SEVERAL YEARS SINCE I BECAME
CHAIR OF THE CITY COUNCIL'S
COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE FOR ISSUES
RELATED TO EDUCATION AND EARLY
LEARNING.
I'VE ALSO HAD THE PLEASURE OF
WORKING WITH DIRECTOR CHAPPELLE
ON -- AS THE CO-CHAIR OF THE
SELECT FAMILIES EDUCATION,
PRESCHOOL AND PROMISE LEVY
COMMITTEE WHICH WAS RESPONSIBLE
FOR LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL
RENEWAL OF THE FAMILIES,
EDUCATION, PRESCHOOL AND PROMISE
LEVY THAT WAS SET TO EXPIRE AND
PROUD TO REPORT THAT THAT WAS
SUCCESSFUL AND WE NOW, INDEED,
HAVE A RENEWAL OF THAT LEVY, AND
UNDER DIRECTOR CHAPPELLE'S
STEWARDSHIP, WE'VE BEEN
CONTINUING AND ENHANCING OUR
INVESTMENTS IN EARLY LEARNING
AND EDUCATION ON BEHALF OF ALL
THE KIDS OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
DIRECTOR CHAPPELLE IS AN
INCREDIBLE LEADER WHO
UNDERSTANDS LONG TERM AND
NECESSARY WORK OF SHIFTING WHO
IT'S CENTERED ON AND WHAT WE
MUST TRANSFORM FOR STUDENTS
FURTHEST FROM EDUCATIONAL
JUSTICE AND THOSE IMPACTED BY
THE OPPORTUNITY GAP AT THE
DEEPEST LEVEL.
HE HAS WORKED AS A TEACHER.
HE'S BEEN A CHAMPION FOR
STUDENTS, AND HE HAS SERVED AS
LEADERSHIP AT SCHOOLS AS
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND
PRINCIPAL, BOTH IN TEXAS AND
HERE IN SEATTLE.
HE HAS A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF
CLASSROOM DYNAMICS IN OUR K
THROUGH 12 SYSTEM BUT HAS ALSO
BEEN A GREAT CHAMPION FOR EARLY
LEARNING, BEING PART OF THE
LEADERSHIP THAT HAS BROUGHT
SEATTLE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM AS
WELL AS A FANTASTIC CHAMPION FOR
POST-SECONDARY OPPORTUNITIES
THROUGH OUR NEW, RELATIVELY NEW,
SEATTLE PROMISE PROGRAM.
DIRECTOR CHAPPELLE BRINGS WITH
HIM THE GRAVITY AND LEVITY
NECESSARY TO WORK WITH DEAL.
PROUD TO SAY THAT DEAL IS ONE OF
THE, IF NOT THE MOST DIVERSE
DEPARTMENT IN THE ENTIRE CITY
FAMILY.
AND I KNOW THAT DIRECTOR
CHAPPELLE IS ALWAYS VERY PROUD
TO TALK ABOUT THAT
REPRESENTATION WITHIN HIS
DEPARTMENT.
AND I KNOW THAT HE'S GOING TO
SPEAK TO THAT ONCE WE TAKE A
VOTE HERE.
HE, AGAIN, BRINGS SO MUCH VALUE
TO THE WORK THAT DEAL IS
UNDERTAKING FOR SEATTLE STUDENTS
AND THEIR FAMILIES BY WORKING
STRATEGICALLY WITH THE SEATTLE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND ADVOCATES AND
STAKEHOLDERS.
AND OF COURSE, HIS DWANE AND
DONUTS IS LEGENDARY.
IT'S A LEGENDARY PROGRAM WITH
DEAL'S STAFF.
IT IS A REFLECTION OF THE
CULTURE AND RELATIONSHIPS HE
BUILDS AS A LEADER AND THE CARE
THAT HE HAS FOR HIS TEAM MEMBERS
AT THE DEAL DEPARTMENT.
I AM HONORED TO BE ABLE TO BRING
THIS REAPPOINTMENT FORWARD FOR
CONSIDERATION BY THE FULL
COUNCIL AND, AS YOU ALL CAN SEE,
DIRECTOR CHAPPELLE IS ON THE
ZOOM CALL WITH US AND, ASSUMING
THAT HIS APPOINTMENT IS
CONFIRMED, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND
SUSPEND THE RULES AND OFFER
DIRECTOR CHAPPELLE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE CITY
COUNCILMEMBERS OF PUBLIC AFTER
HIS APPOINTMENT IS CONSIDERED.
BUT FIRST, I WILL CONCLUDE MY
REMARKS THERE AND OFFER MY
COLLEAGUES AN OPPORTUNITY TO
MAKE COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSED
PAYMENT BEFORE WE CALL THIS TO A
VOTE.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA FOLLOWED
BY COUNCILMEMBER MORALES,
PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
I AM VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD
TO SUPPORTING THIS NOMINATION OF
YOURS TODAY.
DIRECTOR CHAPPELLE, IT'S BEEN
REALLY AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO
WORK WITH YOU IN MY SHORT TERM
ON COUNCIL, AND NOT ONLY ON THE
ISSUES BECAUSE UNDER YOUR
LEADERSHIP YOU'VE HELPED TO
EXPAND ACCESS TO EARLY LEARNING
OPPORTUNITIES, BUT THE WAY IN
WHICH YOU BRING PEOPLE TO THE
TABLE AS WELL HAS BEEN
INCREDIBLY INSPIRATIONAL AND
WHENEVER THERE'S BEEN A PROBLEM
EVEN IN THE COVID TIMES WHERE
WE'VE HAD TO MEET REMOTELY,
YOU'VE BEEN VERY QUICK TO JUMP
ON THE PHONE, TO JUMP ON A ZOOM
AND TO HELP IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS
TO ANY OF THE ISSUES AND
PROBLEMS THAT HAVE COME UP.
AND YOU'VE DONE IT WITH URGENCY
AND INTEGRITY.
APPRECIATE THE WAY YOU WORK WITH
THIS BODY AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY,
THE WAY YOU WORK WITH FAMILIES
ACROSS THE CITY TO MAKE SURE
FAMILIES CAN ACCESS MUCH NEEDED
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES,
SPECIFICALLY IN THE EARLY
LEARNING CAMP.
PLEASE EXTEND OUR APPRECIATION
VIA YOUR CONFIRMATION TODAY TO
ALL OF THE HARD WORK THAT YOUR
TEAM IS DOING AS WELL.
WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THEIR WORK
AND YOUR STEWARDSHIP OF THE
DEPARTMENT.
SO THANK YOU AND EARLY
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> THANK YOU.
WELL, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU
ADVANCE, DIRECTOR CHAPPELLE.
WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO WORK
TOGETHER BUT I DO KNOW THAT YOUR
LEADERSHIP AT RAINIER BEACH HIGH
SCHOOL RESONATED AND IS MISSED
IN THE COMMUNITY.
I DID HAVE A CHANCE WHILE YOU
WERE STILL THERE TO BE PART OF
SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS AROUND
BLACK MALE ACHIEVEMENT AND THE
WORK THAT HAS BEGUN TO REALLY
TRY TO SUPPORT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT.
I JUST TO LET YOU KNOW WILL ALSO
BE INTERESTED IN FOLLOWING UP TO
HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW WE
CAN ALSO BEGIN TO ADD IN SUPPORT
FOR PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT YOUNG
WOMEN.
THERE ARE LOTS OF ORGANIZATIONS
THAT ARE PROVIDING IMPORTANT
RESOURCES FOR GIRLS.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S BROWN GIRLS
RIGHT, DELTA GEMS, YOU GROW
GIRL, YOUNG WOMEN EMPOWERED.
LOTS OF ORGANIZATIONS,
PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN
MAKING SURE THAT OUR YOUNG,
BLACK WOMEN GET THE SUPPORT THEY
NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE AS
WELL.
SO LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING WITH
YOU ABOUT THAT DOWN THE ROAD AND
WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON WHAT
IS TO COME.
THANKS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES FOR THOSE REMARKS.
COLLEAGUES, ANY -- I SEE
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS HAS HIS
HAND UP AS WELL AND WOULD LIKE
TO MAKE COMMENTS.
FOR ANY OF MY OTHER COLLEAGUES
WHO I CAN'T SEE ON THE VIDEO OR
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT I CAN, IF
YOU WANT TO MAKE COMMENTS,
PLEASE DO LET ME KNOW.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
AND THANK YOU DIRECTOR
CHAPPELLE.
I WANTED TO THANK YOU IN
PARTICULAR FOR ALL OF THE WORK
YOU'VE DONE ON BEHALF OF THE
CITY OF SEATTLE.
YOU CONTINUE AND ARE
CONSISTENTLY APPROACHING YOUR
WORK IN A THOUGHTFUL AND FOCUSED
MANNER THAT BETTERS EVERYONE
HERE IN OUR CITY.
IT HAS BEEN AN IMMENSE PLEASURE
TO WORK WITH YOU.
JOB REALLY WELL DONE.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE A SEATTLEITE
DOING GREAT WORK FOR SEATTLE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM MY
COLLEAGUES?
OKAY, SEEING NONE, WE'RE GOING
TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE OUT
DEBATE.
I JUST WANT TO, ONCE AGAIN, SAY
HOW HAPPY I AM THAT WE HAVE YOU
AS OUR DIRECTOR OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND
EARLY LEARNING.
DIRECTOR CHAPPELLE, I'VE HAD
SUCH A GREAT TIME BEING ABLE TO
WORK WITH YOU AND YOU'VE ALWAYS
BEEN TRANSPARENT AND PROACTIVE
AND RESPONSIVE TO THE CONCERNS
THAT I HAVE EXPRESSED.
AND WE'VE HAD SOME TOUGH AND
DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS OVER THE
LAST ALMOST SIX YEARS WHERE I
HAVE REALLY ASKED TOUGH
QUESTIONS, AND YOU'VE NEVER
SHIED AWAY FROM HAVING THOSE
DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS,
INCLUDING HOW TO MORE
HOLISTICALLY APPROACH ISSUES
RELATED TO STUDENTS FURTHEST
AWAY FROM EDUCATIONAL JUSTICE
AND WHO CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE
THE OPPORTUNITY GAP IN A
DISPROPORTIONATE WAY.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING AND
HEARING ABOUT THE CONVERSATIONS
THAT YOU CAN HAVE WITH
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES ON THE
ISSUES THAT SHE HAS RAISED.
AND OF COURSE, I KNOW THAT AT
THE END OF THE DAY, BASED ON MY
EXPERIENCE WITH THE DEPARTMENT
AND YOU, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE
DEALING WITH THE RENEWAL OF THE
FEP LEVY, ONE OF THE THINGS MOST
SURPRISING TO ME IN ALL OF THESE
IN DISTRICT, IN COMMUNITY PUBLIC
HEARINGS WAS HOW MUCH PEOPLE
WANTED MORE OF WHAT DEAL WAS
GIVING.
AND USUALLY WHEN WE'RE GOING OUT
FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS IN THE
PUBLIC, WE'RE BEING TOLD ABOUT
THE THINGS PEOPLE DON'T LIKE.
AND IN THIS INSTANCE MANY PEOPLE
REITERATED HOW IMPORTANT THE
WORK OF DEAL IS TO MAKING SURE
WE ARE DELIVERING ON OUR PROMISE
AND OUR COMMITMENT TO
EDUCATIONAL JUSTICE AND TO DO
THAT ACROSS THE SPECTRUM FROM,
YOU KNOW, PRENATAL CARE TO BIRTH
TO CHILD CARE TO THE K THROUGH
12 SYSTEM AND NOW IN THE
POST-HIGH SCHOOL AREA.
SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR YOUR ONGOING PARTNERSHIP AND
FOR THE WAY IN WHICH YOU CHOOSE
TO LEAD AND IN THE WAY YOU
CHOOSE TO ENGAGE WITH US AS
COUNCILMEMBERS IN THE
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH ON MANY OF
THESE IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT ARE
GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE
SIGNIFICANT AND IMPORTANT
ISSUES, PARTICULARLY IN THE
CONTEXT OF THE REALITIES OF HOW
WE LEARN AND HOW WE NEED TO CARE
FOR OUR CHILDREN IN A COVID-19
PANDEMIC.
SO REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR
ONGOING COMMITMENT TO THAT WORK.
SO COLLEAGUES, WE'RE GOING TO GO
AHEAD AND MOVE ON NOW TO A ROLL
CALL ON THE CONFIRMATION OF THE
APPOINTMENT.
SO I WOULD ASK THAT THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> YES.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> OUTSTANDING, THE MOTION
CARRIES AND THE APPOINTMENT IS
CONFIRMED.
COUNCILMEMBERS, AS I MENTIONED
EARLIER, MR. CHAPPELLE IS
PRESENT TO PROVIDE BRIEF REMARKS
TO THE COUNCIL.
AND I WILL MOVE TO SUSPEND THE
COUNCIL RULES TO ALLOW HIM TO
ADDRESS THE COUNCIL.
SO IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
COUNCIL RULES WILL BE SUSPENDED
TO ALLOW DIRECTOR CHAPPELLE TO
ADDRESS THE COUNCIL.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
COUNCIL RULES ARE SUSPENDED.
DIRECTOR CHAPPELLE, WELCOME,
ONCE AGAIN, TO OUR VIRTUAL,
REMOTE FULL COUNCIL MEETING.
AND OF COURSE, CONGRATULATIONS
ON YOUR REAPPOINTMENT AS THE
FEARLESS LEADER OF THE DIRECTOR
OF DEPARTMENT -- AS THE DIRECTOR
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
AND EARLY LEARNING.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND HAND
IT OVER TO YOU TO ALLOW YOU TO
ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL AND
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ AND ALL THE OTHER
COUNCILMEMBERS FOR YOUR SUPPORT
IN THIS CONFIRMATION.
IT IS MY HONOR TO ACTUALLY
APPEAR BEFORE YOU ALL TODAY AS
THE PROUD DIRECTOR OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND
EARLY LEARNING.
YOU KNOW, AFRICAN HISTORY AND
CULTURE BY THE WAY OF GHANA
TEACHES US THE CONCEPT AND IDEA
OF REACHING BACKWARD TO PAST
KNOWLEDGE TO INFORM HOW WE MOVE
TO THE FUTURE.
AND AS I THINK BACK ON MY NEARLY
FIVE YEARS AS DEAL'S DIRECTOR, I
AM SO COMPELLED TO PRACTICE THIS
CONCEPT.
THAT JUST IN ADDITION TO
EXPERIENCES THAT I DRAW ON AS A
FATHER OR A COMMUNITY MEMBER,
YOU KNOW, A BLACK MALE EDUCATOR.
YOU KNOW, I'VE CONTINUED TO GROW
AND LEARN DURING MY TIME AS DEAL
DIRECTOR, AND YOU KNOW, I'M JUST
TAUGHT LESSONS DAILY FROM THE
COMMUNITY, FROM OUR EDUCATORS
AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, FROM
OUR YOUTH, FROM OUR DEAL STAFF
AND MAINLY FROM OUR -- I
SHOULDN'T SAY MAINLY, BUT ALSO
FROM OUR MANY PARTNERS IN CITY
GOVERNMENT, PHILANTHROPY AND
BUSINESS.
I JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY.
AND YOU KNOW, IN MY TIME WITH
DEAL, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF
CRITICAL WORK OF COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT, RIGHT?
LIKE LISTENING TO FAMILIES, OR
SHOULD I SAY LISTENING TO THE
VOICES OF FAMILIES, PARTNERS AND
EDUCATORS AND THOSE WITH DEEP
EXPERIENCE IN SUPPORTING YOUNG
PEOPLE.
AND AS YOU'VE MENTIONED, YOU
KNOW, THE ENGAGEMENT REALLY
INFORMED OUR WORK TO DEVELOPMENT
THE FEP LEVY.
BUT IT HELPED US AS WELL TO
DEVELOP PROGRAMS SUCH AS LIKE
SEATTLE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM OR THE
PROMISE.
AND AS I -- AS A DEPARTMENT, WE
INVEST ROUGHLY ABOUT $100
MILLION ANNUALLY THROUGH FEP,
THROUGH THE SWEET AND BEVERAGE
TAX, THROUGH GENERAL FUND, SOME
OTHER GRANT REVENUES, BUT IT'S
ALL TO BENEFIT OUR CHILDREN,
YOUTH AND FAMILIES.
AND I KNOW YOU ALL ARE AWARE OF
IT, BUT WE'VE CONDUCTED WHAT
NUMEROUS FUNDING PROCESSES,
RIGHT, THAT INCLUDING THE $100
IN FEP, SCHOOL AND
COMMUNITY-BASED INVESTMENTS THAT
WAS REALLY ANNOUNCED A FEW WEEKS
AGO.
AND I'M JUST SO PROUD TO
CONTINUE TO SERVE IN THIS ROLE.
YOU KNOW, UNDER MY LEADERSHIP
AND THROUGH THE HARD WORK, AS
YOU ALL MENTIONED, OF DEAL'S
STAFF AND PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR
AMAZING COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS,
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, SEATTLE
COLLEGES.
DEAL REALLY HAS PROVIDED MANY
IMPORTANT SERVICES TO THE
COMMUNITY, AND YOU KNOW, THIS
YEAR IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID
PANDEMIC WE WERE ABLE TO LAUNCH
THE EMERGENCY CHILD CARE PROGRAM
AND, YOU KNOW, IT MEANT THE
NEEDS, OR SHOULD I SAY IT MET
THE CHILDCARE NEEDS OF OUR
ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND INCLUDING
THE FIRST RESPONDERS AND OTHER
WORKERS, HEALTHCARE AND FOOD
INDUSTRIES, BUT THROUGH IT ALL,
YOU KNOW, DEAL, OUR WORK IS
SINGULAR FOCUS.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, YOU JUST
MENTIONED IT, AND THAT'S TO
PARTNER WITH FAMILIES AND
COMMUNITIES TO ACHIEVE
EDUCATIONAL EQUITY AND CLOSE
OPPORTUNITY GAPS TO BUILD A
BETTER ECONOMIC FUTURE FOR OUR
SEATTLE STUDENTS.
AND I WANT TO SAY AS WE MOVE
FORWARD IN THIS WORK TO
ELIMINATE RACE-BASED OPPORTUNITY
GAPS, I AM GOING TO CONTINUE TO
BE INFORMED BY THE WISDOM, BY
THIS HISTORY OF SERVICE AND BY
THE VOICES OF COMMUNITY.
AND OF COURSE, INDIED, MUCH OF
THE FOCUS OF OUR WORK MOVING
FORWARD COMES DIRECTLY FROM
COMMUNITY, RIGHT?
BUT THE NEED FOR GREATER ACCESS
TO AFFORDABLE CHILD CARE, THE
NEED FOR MORE MULTILINGUAL
DIVERSE EDUCATORS IN OUR
SCHOOLS, AND MOST RECENTLY, THE
NEED TO EXPAND RELIABLE WI-FI
ACCESS TO OUR STUDENTS.
SO I'M RESOLVED OR DETERMINED TO
HELP BRING ALIGNMENT TO OUR
CITY'S EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENTS,
FROM CHILDCARE, INFANT, TODDLER,
SCHOOL-AGED KIDS, PRESCHOOL, K
THROUGH 12 OR AFTER GRADUATION,
POST-SECONDARY AND BEYOND SO
THAT AT NO POINT ALONG THAT
JOURNEY THAT I JUST MENTIONED
OUR YOUNG CHILDREN ARE LEFT
WITHOUT ACCESS TO A CARING ADULT
OR SOME TYPE OF COMPETENT OR
CULTURALLY RELEVANT EDUCATORS
AND THE CRITICAL, BASICALLY,
RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT
IS NEEDED FOR THEIR SUCCESS.
SO AS A BLACK FATHER OF FOUR
BEAUTIFUL BLACK CHILDREN, RIGHT,
AND I THINK FREQUENTLY ABOUT THE
WORLD AND LIKE MY CHILDREN
GROWING UP IN THIS WORLD.
AND I JUST THINK ABOUT LIKE THE
CURRENT EVENTS.
AND YOU KNOW THE RECENT
DEMONSTRATIONS, COMMUNITY
DEMONSTRATIONS, THAT HAVE
STRENGTHENED MY BELIEF IN
EDUCATION IS REALLY THE KEY
DRIVER THAT'S GOING TO HAVE A
POSITIVE SOCIAL CHANGE IN
JUSTICE.
SO I'M PROUD AND THIS IS WHY I'M
GRATEFUL TO BE A PART OF THIS
WORK.
BECAUSE, AS I JUST MENTIONED,
THE CITY'S INVESTMENTS, THE CITY
AND DEAL'S INVESTMENTS, ARE
MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN OUR YOUNG
PEOPLE'S LIVES, BOTH WITHIN THE
LARGER EDUCATIONAL ECOSYSTEM,
BUT ALSO, AS YOU MENTIONED, ON A
SCHOOL BY SCHOOL BASIS.
SO YOU KNOW, RECENTLY I READ
SOMETHING BY JOHN THAT SAID
EDUCATION IS NOT LIKE A
PREPARATION FOR LIFE, IT IS, YOU
KNOW, EDUCATION IS LIFE ITSELF.
AND I KNOW AS WE ALL LINK OUR
ARMS TOGETHER AND TAKE OUR CUES
FROM OUR YOUNG FOLKS AND LISTEN
TO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND CONTINUE
TO FOCUS ON ELIMINATING
úOPPORTUNITY GAPS, THAT'S GOING
TO BE KEY TO THIS.
SO I'LL SAY THIS IN CLOSING, I
DEFINITELY WANT TO THANK MAYOR
DURKAN FOR HER CONTINUED SUPPORT
OF ME AS A MEMBER OF HER CABINET
AND ALSO TO YOU, THE CITY
COUNCIL, FOR YOUR CONTINUED
PARTNERSHIP.
AND AS YOU MENTIONED, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ, ALL THE
QUESTIONS YOU ASKED THAT MAKE US
SHARPER, YOU KNOW, WE APPRECIATE
IT.
THANKS SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS,
SEATTLE COLLEGS, OUR FEP LEVY
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, MY AMAZING
COLLEAGUES AT DEAL.
LITERALLY WOULDN'T NONE OF THIS
HAPPEN WITHOUT THEIR KEY INPUT.
MY RAINIER BEACH COMMUNITY AND
THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND
PARENTS AND AUNTS AND UNCLES AND
EVERYONE THAT STOP AND CHAT WITH
ME AT THE GROCERY STORE.
OR IF MY KIDS TELL IT, PEOPLE I
STOP AND TALK TO.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, MY WIFE,
MY CHILDREN AND MY FAMILY
MEMBERS.
SO YOU KNOW, AS THE PROUD
DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION AND EARLY LEARNING,
YOU'VE GOT MY PLEDGE TO
DEMONSTRATE EVERYTHING I'VE SAID
THROUGH MY WORDS, THROUGH DEEDS,
THAT THIS CITY, SEATTLE, THAT
THIS CITY BELIEVES IN, THAT WE
INVEST IN AND IS COMMITTED TO
CULTIVATING THE BRILLIANCE AND
EXCELLENCE OF OUR CHILDREN AND
YOUTH.
SO THANK YOU, AND I APPRECIATE
THIS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, DIRECTOR
CHAPPELLE.
IN CHAMBERS WE'D BE GIVING YOU
APPLAUSE, BUT WE'RE DOING IT
VIRTUALLY AND REALLY, AGAIN,
APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE NOT JUST
AS AN EDUCATOR BEFORE YOU CAME
TO THE CITY BUT AS A SERVANT
LEADER HERE AT THE CITY OF
SEATTLE THAT REALLY IS FOCUSED
ON DELIVERING ON THAT CRITICAL
MISSION.
THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR TAKING
TIME OUT OF YOUR BUSY DAY
DELIVERING THOSE IMPORTANT
SERVICES AND BEING WITH US HERE
TO SHARE REMARKS ABOUT WHAT YOU
HOPE TO DO IN THE FUTURE.
I KNOW WE'LL, I THINK, HAVE YOU
IN COMMITTEE ON FRIDAY AND LOOK
FORWARD TO MORE DISCUSSION THEN
AS WELL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH DIRECTOR
CHAPPELLE FOR YOUR WORK, AND
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR
REAPPOINTMENT.
WE ALL LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH YOU FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
YEARS.
SO THANKS SO MUCH.
BYE-BYE.
ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, WE'RE
GOING TO MOVE THROUGH OUR ITEMS
OF BUSINESS.
WE ARE GOING TO DO ITEMS TWO
THROUGH SIX, IF THE CLERK WOULD
PLEASE READ ITEMS TWO THROUGH
SIX INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEMS TWO THROUGH SIX,
APPOINTMENT 1609 THROUGH 1613,
THE APPOINTMENTS OF SHELBY
COOLEY AND JENNIFER MATTER AS
MEMBERS FAMILIES, EDUCATION,
PRESCHOOL AND PROMISE LEVY
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE FOR TERMS TO
DECEMBER 31, 2020 AND
APPOINTMENTS OF PRINCESS SHAREEF
AND OKZ FOR TERMS TO DECEMBER
31, 2022 AND THE APPOINTMENT OF
STEPHANIE R. GARDNER FOR A TERM
TO DECEMBER 31, 2023.
>> THANK YOU, MADAME CLERK.
I MOVE TO CONFIRM APPOINTMENTS
1690 THROUGH 1613.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
CONFIRM THE APPOINTMENTS.
AS SPONSOR OF THESE
APPOINTMENTS, I WILL QUICKLY
ADDRESS THEM FIRST, AND THEN I'M
HAPPY TO OPEN THE FLOOR TO ANY
COMMENTS IF THERE ARE ANY.
AGAIN, I'LL MAKE THESE BRIEF.
WE ARE CONSIDERING THESE
APPOINTMENTS FOR THE FAMILIES,
EDUCATION, PRESCHOOL AND PROMISE
LEVY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
THE FEP LEVY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
OVERLOOKS LEVY INVESTMENTS.
THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING
SURE THAT WE ARE BEING GOOD
STEWARDS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS BUT
ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE
DELIVERING ON OUTCOMES RELATED
TO THE RENEWAL OF THE LEVY.
IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT COMMITTEE.
IT IS VERY WELL ATTENDED AND HAS
ROBUST ENGAGEMENT AND OFTENTIMES
IF THERE IS GOING TO BE A CHANGE
IN HOW WE INVEST DOLLARS THAT
ARE RECEIVED AS A RESULT OF THE
FEP LEVY, IT MUST FIRST BE
CONSIDERED BY THE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE.
SO IT IS A DIVERSE SET OF
STAKEHOLDERS AND THEY DO
IMPORTANT WORK ON BEHALF OF THE
PEOPLE OF THE CITY.
SO TODAY WE ARE CONSIDERING
LEADERS WHO ARE DEDICATED AND
MADE CAREERS OF SUPPORTING
STUDENTS AND SHAPING A
RESPONSIVE EDUCATION SYSTEM FOR
STUDENTS IMPACTED BY THE
OPPORTUNITY GAP.
FIRST UP IS DR. SHELBY COOLEY.
SHE IS A RESEARCH DIRECTOR AT
THE COMMUNITY CENTER OF
EDUCATION RESULTS WITH A LONG
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS, LECTURES
AND AWARDS TO HER NAME.
SHE GREW UP HERE LOCALLY AND IS
EXCITED TO EXPAND HER WORK BY
JOINING THE COMMITTEE.
ENNIFER MATTER IS THE CURRENT
PRESIDENT OF THE SEATTLE
EDUCATION ASSOCIATION.
SHE BRINGS NEARLY TWO DECADES OF
TEACHING EXPERIENCES WITH HER
INTO THE CLASSROOM WITH
CERTIFICATIONS IN ELEMENTARY
EDUCATION AS WELL AS ARTS AND
SPANISH.
PRINCESS SHAREEF HAS 35 YEARS
AND COUNTING OF EXPERIENCE AS AN
EDUCATOR.
SHE HAS VOLUNTEERED AND LED
EFFORTS FOR SPS,
AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALE THINK
TANK.
SHE TEACHES A COURSE ON
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AT
ANTIOCH'S URBAN ENVIRONMENT
EDUCATION PROGRAM AND SUPPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON'S
PROGRAM FOR EDUCATIONAL
LEADERSHIP.
ERIN OKUNO IS THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF SOUTHEAST SEATTLE
EDUCATION COALITION.
IT BRINGS TOGETHER SCHOOLS,
COMMUNITY LEADERS, PARENTS,
CAREGIVERS AND RESIDENTS
WHOSHGING COLLECTIVELY TO
IMPROVE EDUCATION FOR ALL
CHILDREN.
PRIOR TO THIS, SHE DEVELOPED K
THROUGH 12 AND EARLY LEARNING
POLICY.
SHE HAS TWO KIDS ATTENDING
BEACON HILL INTERNATIONAL
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, EMERSON
MIDDLE SCHOOL AND IS INSPIRING
READING IN THE NEXT GENERATION.
LASTLY, STEPHANIE GARDNER.
LIKE THE OTHER APPOINTMENTS, SHE
IS AN EDUCATOR WITH A PASSION
FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNDERSERVED IN
THE U.S. SHE'S A MAYORAL
APPOINTEE AND BRINGS HIGHER
EDUCATION AND WORK FORCE
DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES TO THE
TABLE AND HAS WORKED WITH YEAR
UP AS WELL AS THE STATE'S
WASHINGTON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
COUNCIL.
THOSE ARE OUR FOUR APPOINTEES.
COLLEAGUES HAPPY TO OPEN IT UP
TO ANY COMMENTS IF ANY OF YOU
HAVE COMMENTS ON ANY OF THE FOUR
APPOINTMENTS WE'RE ABOUT TO
CONSIDER.
HEARING AND SEEING NO COMMENTS,
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE CONFIRMATION OF THE
APPOINTMENTS?
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
APPOINTMENTS ARE CONFIRMED.
AGENDA ITEM SEVEN, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE READ AGENDA ITEM
INTOOEVEN THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM SEVEN,
APPOINTMENT 1614.
THE APPOINTMENT OF EMMANUEL DOLO
AS MEMBER SEATTLE IMMIGRANT AND
REFUGEE COMMISSION FOR A TERM TO
JANUARY 31, 2022.
>> THANK YOU, MADAME CLERK.
I MOVE TO CONFIRM APPOINTMENT
1614.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
CONFIRM THE APPOINTMENT.
AS SPONSOR OF THE APPOINTMENT I
WILL ADDRESS IT FIRST, AND THEN
INVITE COMMENTS IF THERE ARE
ANY.
EMMANUEL IS A MAYORAL APPOINTEE.
HE'S A REFUGEE AND SURVIVOR OF
TRAUMA AND CIVIL WARS.
HE IS COMMITTED TO HELPING AND
SERVING IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE
COMMUNITIES IN SEATTLE.
EMMANUEL FOUNDED THE POPULATION
CARING ORGANIZATION IN 2014.
THIS IS A HUMANITARIAN
ORGANIZATION THAT STARTED IN A
REFUGEE CAMP IN GHANA WHICH THEN
EXTENDED TO LIBERIA.
EMMANUEL CAME TO SEATTLE IN 2012
AND HAS WORKED WITH INSTITUTIONS
TO SUPPORT ENTREPRENEURS IN
LOCAL AFRICAN COMMUNITIES.
SOME OF THE WORK THAT HE HAS LED
RESULTED IN THE FORMATION OF THE
AFRICAN COMMUNITY ALLIANCE, FOR
EXAMPLE.
AS OF TODAY, EMMANUEL CONTINUES
TO WORK TO SUPPORT AFRICAN-OWNED
SMALL BUSINESSES THROUGH
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
AND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT.
COLLEAGUES, ANY COMMENTS ON THIS
APPOINTMENT?
HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
CALL THE ROLL ON THE
CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT?
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>>>> COOLDOWN COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> AGENDA ITEM EIGHT, WILL THE
CLERK READ AGENDA ITEM EIGHT
INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM EIGHT, CLERK FILE
314455, SEATTLE INFORMATION AND
TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT REQUEST
FOR A SIX-MONTH EXTENSION FOR
THE FILE OF SURVEILLANCE IMPACT
REPORT DUE ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2020.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE AND FILE
CLERK FILE 314455.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO APPROVE AND FILE CLERK FILE
314455.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, YOU ARE
THE PRIME SPONSOR OF THIS ITEM
AND ARE RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO
ADDRESS IT, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
COLLEAGUES, I'LL BE BRIEF.
AS I MENTIONED AT COUNCIL
BRIEFING, DUE TO DELAYS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE COVID
PANDEMIC, OUR TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT IS FILING A SIX-MONTH
EXTENSION FOR THE SUR VAGUE AND
AMBIGUOUS IMPACT REPORTS.
WE'LL RECEIVE THEM KNOW LATER
THAN MARCH.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THE
CLERK FILE?
HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
APPROVAL AND FILING OF THE CLERK
FILE?
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>>?
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS?
>> AYE.
>> MORALES?
>> AYE.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OF
POISED.
>> THE MOTION PASSES AND THE
CLERK MOTION IS APPROVED AND
FILED.
ITEMS 9 THROUGH 11.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THEM
INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEMS 9 THROUGH 11,
APPOINTMENTS 1595 THROUGH 1597.
THE REAPPOINTMENT OF MARY ELLEN
RUSSELL OF SEATTLE SCHOOL
TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE THROUGH
AND THE REAPPOINTMENTS OF
MARGARET McCAULEY AND LELAND
BRUCH FOR TERMS TO MARCH 31,
2023.
>> THANK YOU.
I MOVE TO CONFIRM APPOINTMENTS
1595 THROUGH 1597.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO CONFIRM THE APPOINTMENTS.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, YOU ARE
TE SPONSOR OF THESE
APPOINTMENTS AND ARE RECOGNIZED
IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THESE ITEMS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I'LL BE BRIEF BECAUSE THESE ARE
ALL REAPPOINTMENTS TO THIS
TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.
EVERYBODY'S -- THE THREE FOLKS
ARE QUALIFIED TO BE ON THIS
COMMITTEE HAVE SERVED ALREADY
AND I RECOMMEND THEIR APPROVAL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THESE
APPOINTMENTS?
HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
CONFIRMATION OF THE
APPOINTMENTS?
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> YES.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
APPOINTMENTS ARE CONFIRMED.
ITEMS 12 THROUGH 16, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE READ ITEMS 12
THROUGH 16 INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEMS 12 THROUGH 16,
APPOINTMENT 1604 THROUGH 1608.
THE APPOINTMENT OF BRIANNA S.
HOLAN AS CHAIR SEATTLE DESIGN
COMMISSION THROUGH FEBRUARY 28,
20121, THE APPOINTMENTS OF
ELIZABETH CONNER AND AZZURRA COX
AS MEMBERS FOR TERMS TO FEBRUARY
28, 2022 AND THE REAPPOINTMENTS
OF JUSTIN CLARK AND MARK JOHNSON
FOR TERMS TO FEBRUARY 28, 2022.
>> THANK YOU, MADAME CLERK.
I MOVE TO CONFIRM APPOINTMENTS
1604 THROUGH 1608.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO CONFIRM THE APPOINTMENTS.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, YOU ARE
THE SPONSOR OF THESE
APPOINTMENTS AND ARE RECOGNIZED
IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THESE ITEMS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THESE FIVE APPOINTMENTS ARE ALL
MAYORAL APPOINTMENTS TO THE
SEATTLE DESIGN COMMISSION,
INCLUDING ONE APPOINTMENT AS
CHAIR.
BRIANNA HOLAN WAS NOMINATED FOR
CHAIR OF THE DESIGN COMMISSION
BY HER FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, AND
SHE IS SERVING HER SECOND TERM
ON THE COMMISSION.
SHE'S THE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER IN
THE SEATTLE OFFICE OF JIM DALE
USA AND HAS WORKED ON A WIDE
RANGE OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
ELIZABETH CONNER IS A PUBLIC
ARTIST SPECIALIZING IN
INTEGRATION OF ART INTO
BUILDINGS, LANDSCAPES AND SITES.
SHE'S SERVED ON THE VASHON
ALLIED ARTS COMMISSION AND THE
KING COUNTY METRO PUBLIC ART
COMMISSION.
AZZURRA COX IS A LANDSCAPE
ARCHITECT AND URBAN DESIGNER.
SHE'S WORKED ON THE WASHINGTON
STATE CONVENTION CENTER
EXPANSION, HAZELWOOD PARK IN
PITTSBURGH AND INDIAN BASIN PARK
IN SAN FRANCISCO.
JUSTIN CLARK IS A SENIOR
STRUCTURAL PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER
WITH THE WSP FIRM.
HE HAS OVER TEN YEARS OF
EXPRIENCE.
MARK JOHNSON IS A LICENSED
ARCHITECT AND OWNER OF SIGNAL
ARCHITECTURE AND RESEARCH IN
SEATTLE.
HIS EXPERIENCE INCLUDES UNIQUE
COLLABORATIONS INCLUDING THE
REHABILITATION OF HISTORIC
STRUCTURES AT FT.
WARDEN AND
PORT TOWNSEND TO A CULTURAL
CENTER IN NEW MEXICO.
I'M EXCITED TO BRING THESE
APPOINTMENTS FORWARD, AND THANK
YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION,
COLLEAGUES.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE APPOINTMENTS?
HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
CONFIRMATION OF THE
APPOINTMENTS?
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS?
>> AYE.
>> MORALES?
>> AYE.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
APPOINTMENTS ARE CONFIRMED.
OKAY.
MOVING ON NOW TO COMMITTEE
REPORTS OF THE LAND USE
COMMITTEE, ITEM 17.
WILL THE CLERK READ THE SHORT
TITLE OF ITEM 17 INTO THE
RECORD?
>> REPORT OF THE LAND USE AND
NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE AGENDA
ITEM 17, COUNCIL BILL 119835, AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO LAND USE
AND
ZONING; CORRECTING
TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS,
CORRECTING SECTION REFERENCES,
CLARIFYING
REGULATIONS, AND MAKING MINOR
AMENDMENTS.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
COUNCIL PASS THE BILL AS
AMENDED.
THANK YOU.
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT, MADAME
CLERK.
I GOT AHEAD OF YOU, I APOLOGIZE.
OKAY.
ITEM NUMBER 17, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS, AS CHAIR OF THIS
COMMITTEE, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED IN
ORDER TO PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE
REPORT.
PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THIS IS THE LAND USE OMNIBUS
BILL, CONSIDERED ROUGHLY ONCE A
YEAR AND MAKES TECHNICAL AND
CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS TO OUR
LAND USE CODE.
THE LAND USE AND NEIGHBORHOODS
COMMITTEE MADE SEVERAL
AMENDMENTS TO THIS LEGISLATION,
INCLUDING REMOVING CONFUSING
LANGUAGE REGARDING UNIT LOT
SUBDIVISIONS IN RESPONSE TO
RESIDENT COMMUNICATION.
WE MADE A CHANGE THAT WILL MAKE
IT EASIER TO INCLUDE DECKS AND
PATIOS ON ATTACHED DWELLING
UNITS AND A COMPROMISE AMENDMENT
REGARDING LONG-TERM BIKE PARKING
REQUIREMENTS FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND SENIOR LIVING
FACILITIES.
THERE IS A SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT
TO CONSIDER TODAY BEFORE WE
CONSIDER THE BASE LEGISLATION,
AND THAT SUBSTITUTE MAKES
SEVERAL TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS
AND CLARIFICATIONS.
THE SUBSTITUTE ALSO MAKES MINOR
CHANGES TO THE BIKE PARKING
REQUIREMENTS TO CLARIFY THE
ALLOWANCE FOR UP TO FIVE STEPS
TO ACCESS BIKE PARKING ONLY AS
APPLIED TO EXTERIOR STAIRS AND
TO ALLOW A WAIVER FROM THAT STEP
MAXIMUM FROM TOWNHOUSES AND
ROWHOUSES ON SLOPED SITES.
I THINK THERE MIGHT BE MORE WORK
TO DO HERE AND UNDERSTAND THAT
IT'S IMPORTANT TO MOVE FORWARD
TODAY.
I CAN ADDRESS, THOUGH,
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN'S
LANDMARK AMENDMENT AS IT COMES
UP.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, FOR
ADDRESSING THE BASE LEGISLATION
AND THE SUBSTITUTE.
I'M GOING TO HAND IT BACK OVER
TO YOU TO FORMALLY MOVE THE
SUBSTITUTE VERSION OF THE BILL.
>> THANK YOU.
I WILL MOVE PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE
TO COUNCIL BILL 119835.
>> OKAY, COLLEAGUES, WE ARE
ENTERTAINING A MOTION TO AMEND
COUNCIL BILL 119835 BY
SUBSTITUTING VERSION THREE FOR
VERSION TWO.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
AMEND COUNCIL BILL 119835 BY
SUBSTITUTING VERSION THREE FOR
VERSION TWO.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, YOU
ALREADY ADDRESSED THE
SUBSTITUTE.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D
LIKE TO ADD?
>> NOT AT THIS TIME OTHER THAN
IT MADE SOME TECHNICAL AND
CLARIFYING CHANGES.
ALL TECHNICAL IN NATURE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
ARE THERE IN OTHER COMMENTS ON
THE SUBSTITUTE?
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> WOULD THIS BE THE TIME WHERE
I WOULD MOVE TO AMEND THE
SUBSTITUTE?
OKAY.
>> NO.
THE SUBSTITUTE IS NOT FORMALLY
ADOPTED YET, SO ONCE WE -- WE
HAVE TO ADOPT THE SUBSTITUTE
BEFORE AMENDMENTS CAN BE
CONSIDERED.
THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT
PROCEDURAL QUESTION.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE
SUBSTITUTE?
HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
SUBSTITUTE.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> YES.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES.
THE AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED AND THE
SUBSTITUTED BILL IS BEFORE THE
COUNCIL.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, I
UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE AN
AMENDMENT, SO I AM GOING TO HAND
IT OVER TO YOU TO FORMALLY
INTRODUCE THE AMENDMENT AND THEN
WE WILL OPEN IT UP TO
DISCUSSION.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
AND THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUS,
FOR SHEPHERDING THIS BILL
FORWARD.
I INTRODUCED AN AMENDMENT TO
CANCEL THE REQUEST FROM THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTION TO
TAKE THE AUTHORITY FROM THE
LANDMARKS BOARD REGARDING
LANDMARK SITES.
THAT AMENDMENT TIED IN A VOTE OF
2-2 IN THE LAND USE COMMITTEE
AND WAS THEREFORE NOT
INCORPORATED IN THE VERSION OF
THE BILL THAT ADVANCED, AND WE
JUST TALKED ABOUT THE
SUBSTITUTE.
SINCE THE TIME OF OUR COMMITTEE
VOTE, WE CONFIRMED THAT THE
LANDMARKS BOARD HAS NOT
OFFICIALLY WEIGHED IN ON THIS
MOVE TO TAKE AUTHORITY FROM
THEM.
IN ADDITION, HISTORIC SEATTLE
OPPOSES THAT CHANGE TO STRIKE
THE WORD SITES FROM THE BILL OR
TO -- RIGHT, TO ADD THE WORD
SITES TO THE BILL.
SO THIS AMENDMENT THAT I HAVE
RECIRCULATED THIS MORNING GIVES
COUNCILMEMBERS A CHANCE TO
CONSIDER THIS AMENDMENT IF THEY
WEREN'T ON THE LAND USE
COMMITTEE AND THOSE WHO MIGHT
HAVE BEEN OKAY WITH IT
PREVIOUSLY TO RECONSIDER IT.
THIS MEMO IS CRAFTED BY CENTRAL
STAFF AND APPROVED BY THE LAW
DEPARTMENT.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO AMEND
COUNCIL BILL 119835 AS PRESENTED
ON THE AMENDMENT AMENDING
SECTION 17 OF THE BILL WHICH WAS
DISTRIBUTED EARLIER BASICALLY
STRIKING THE WORD SITES SO THAT
THE AUTHORITY FOR SITES WOULD
STILL STAY WITH THE LANDMARKS
BOARD.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT SDCI CAN
COME BACK WITH LATER IF THEY
WANT TO.
>> IS THERE A SECOND?
WAS THAT YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD?
>> IT WAS.
>> OKAY.
SORRY.
WE ACCIDENTALLY SPOKE OVER EACH
OTHER, SO I APPRECIATE IT.
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO
AMEND COUNCIL BILL 119835 AS
PRESENTED ON THE AMENDMENT.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS ON THE AMENDMENT?
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOLLOWED
BY COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
úAND THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN FOR YOUR ROBUST WORK ON
THIS AMENDMENT.
I WILL BE VOTING NO ON THIS
AMENDMENT AS I DID PREVIOUSLY IN
COMMITTEE.
AND MY OFFICE HAS SPOKEN WITH
OUR CENTRAL STAFF AND STAFF FROM
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS
HISTORIC DEPARTMENT.
THEY SEEMED TO BE DESCRIBING
CHANGE THAT IS ARE NOT PROPOSED
IN THIS BILL.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT CONFUSION
IN THIS MANNER IS NOT HELPFUL.
SO EVERYTHING IS WORKING QUICKLY
AND WE'RE TRYING TO WORK
TOGETHER.
SO THAT'S WHY I REALLY COMMEND
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN FOR
CONTINUING TO WORK ON THIS.
THE PROPOSAL THAT THIS AMENDMENT
SEEKS TO REMOVE IS SIMPLY A
TECHNICAL CORRECTION THAT WOULD
NOT HAVE A WIDE RANGING IMPACT
THAT HAS BEEN THOUGHT.
SPECIFICALLY THESE CHANGES WOULD
NOT REMOVE OR WEAKEN ANY
AUTHORITY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS OR LANDMARKS
PRESERVATION CURRENTLY HAS.
THE LANDMARKS BOARD CURRENTLY
DOES NOT HAVE JURISDICTION OVER
USE, AND SO THAT IS HOW THE
BUILDING IS USED.
THAT ALREADY BELONGS WITH THE
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
CONSTRUCTION AND INSPOEXS.
THE LANDMARKS BOARD WOULD
CONTINUE TO HAVE AUTHORITY OVER
ANY PHYSICAL CHANGE TO THE
DESIGNATED FEATURES OF A
LANDMARK STRUCTURE OR SITE.
THAT DOES NOT CHANGE WITH THIS
AMENDMENT.
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF
CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTIONS
ALREADY HAS THE AUTHORITY TO
GRANT NONCONFORMING USES.
SO THEY ALREADY HAVE THE
AUTHORITY TO GRANT NONCONFORMING
USE TO LANDMARK STRUCTURES IF
THEY MEET THE CRITERIA.
THE USES THAT ARE ALLOWED WITHIN
THE ZONE ARE IMPRACTICAL TO
PROVIDE IN THE LANDMARK
STRUCTURE OR DO NOT PROVIDE
INADEQUATE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO
MAINTAIN THE LANDMARK.
AND THAT THE USE IS NOT
DETRIMENTAL TO THE SURROUNDING
USES OR PUBLIC INTEREST.
SO THEY HAVE TO ALREADY BE
ALLOWED IN THIS AREA.
THIS CHANGE WOULD NOT CHANGE THE
EXISTING AUTHORITY OTHER THAN TO
CLARIFY THAT IT APPLIES TO THE
LANDMARK SITE AS WELL AS THE
STRUCTURE.
SO THE REASON THAT THE SITE --
WE'RE FOCUSSING ON THIS WORD
SITE VERSUS STRUCTURE IS BECAUSE
THE EXISTING AUTHORITY ALREADY
EXISTS WITHIN THE BUILDING, AND
SO NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT
IS OCCURRING OUTSIDE OF THE
BUILDING ON THE SAME PROPERTY.
THE EXCLUSION OF SITES FROM THE
CODE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN A
PREVIOUS OVERSIGHT RATHER THAN A
CODE CHOICE.
I THINK THAT WE COULD AND SHOULD
HAVE THAT POLICY CONVERSATION IF
WARRANTED.
THE CURRENT DISTINCTION BETWEEN
SITES AND STRUCTURES LEADS TO
WEIRD CONSTRAINTS IN THESE LAND
USE DECISIONS.
FOR EXAMPLE, SDCI COULD APPROVE
A CHILDCARE CENTER INSIDE A
LANDMARK STRUCTURE AS A
NONCONFORMING USE.
HOWEVER, IF THAT STRUCTURE HAS A
PARK LOT OR AN OUTDOOR AREA,
SDCI COULD NOT APPROVE USING
THAT PARKING OR OUTDOOR SPACE TO
SUPPORT THE CHILDCARE FACILITY
BECAUSE IT'S PART OF THE SITE
RATHER THAN THE STRUCTURE.
SO TO KIND OF SUM ALL OF THESE
CHANGES UP, THERE'S NO CHANGES
TO HOW THE LANDMARKS BOARD
AUTHORITY OPERATES.
THEY'LL HAVE AUTHORITY OVER
PHYSICAL CHANGES TO DESIGNATED
FEATURES, JUST AN ADDITION OF
SITES TO SDCI'S EXISTING
AUTHORITY.
SDCI FIRST CONSULTED WITH THE
HISTORIC PRESERVATION STAFF LAST
YEAR, BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN
THAT MORE ROBUST CONVERSATION
NEEDS TO OCCUR.
SO UNFORTUNATELY, IT SOUNDS LIKE
WE HAVE CROSSED WIRES IN WORKING
REMOTELY AS VIRTUAL MEETINGS CAN
BE DIFFICULT.
AND I HOPE THAT MY COMMENTS
CLARIFY THE PROPOSAL.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I'M
GOING TO, YOU KNOW, FALL ON MY
SWORD ABOUT.
I THINK THAT THERE ARE IMPORTANT
CONVERSATIONS TO HAVE ABOUT HOW
WE USE THE SITES OF OUR
HISTORICALLY DESIGNATED
BUILDINGS.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT
THE -- WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING
ABOUT THE SITE, THE PARKING LOT,
THE SPACE AROUND THE BUILDINGS
IS ALREADY WITHIN THE CODE FOR
THE BUILDING.
AND IT IMPACTS ONLY USE AND NOT
A STRUCTURE.
AND SO AGAIN, I REALLY WANT TO
THANK COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD,
CONTINUING THIS CONVERSATION AND
THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR
TIME.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> LET'S SEE HERE.
OKAY, THANK YOU.
SO I THINK REALLY FOR ME THIS
HEDGES ON THIS QUESTION OF
WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS A
TECHNICAL AMENDMENT OR NOT.
AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A
LONGSTANDING PRACTICE OF HOW WE
HANDLE LEGISLATION THAT IS PART
OF THE OMNIBUS BILL COMING OUT
OF SDCI FOR THE LAND USE CODE.
AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THE
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT BECAUSE
IT'S A VERY LARGE BILL IT COVERS
DOZENS OF DIFFERENT CODE
SECTIONS.
IN THIS CASE, THIS BILL IS 121
PAGES LONG.
WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT THAT WE
HANDLE ONLY TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS
IN THE OMNIBUS BILL, AND THAT WE
HAVE AN AGREEMENT AND A
COMMITMENT FROM THE EXECUTIVE
THAT BILL THAT IS ARE -- THAT
HAVE IMPACTS ON POLICY AND THAT
RESPECT TECHNICAL IN NATURE ARE
BILLS THAT WE HEAR SEPARATELY
BECAUSE OF A HEIGHTENED INTEREST
ON BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC AND
BECAUSE OF THE EXISTENCE OF
STAKEHOLDERS.
IN THIS CASE, STAKEHOLDERS THAT
WE HAVE CHARTERED TO GIVE US
ADVICE ON PROPERTIES SUCH AS THE
INCENTIVE PROGRAM THAT ZONING
CODE RELIEF FOR HISTORIC SITES.
AND SO I DON'T BELIEVE THIS
CHANGE IS TECHNICAL IN NATURE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WOO SAID
IS ADDING THE WORD WITH -- I'M
SORRY, WITH HISTORIC SEATTLE
ADDING THE WORD SITE OR SITES
MIGHT SEEM LIKE A MINOR THING.
IT IS NOT.
ONE WORD CAN HAVE A LOT OF
MEANING.
THE PROPOSED ADDITION OF SITE OR
SITES IS NOT A CORRECTION OF A
TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR.
IT DOES NOT CORRECT SECTION
REFERENCES.
IT DOES NOT CLARIFY A REGULATION
AND IT IS NOT A MINOR AMENDMENT.
AGAIN, THIS IS NOT A DISTINCTION
OR DISCUSSION ON WHETHER OR NOT
THIS IS A GOOD AMENDMENT OR A
BAD AMENDMENT, MERELY THAT WE
HAVE AN AGREEMENT AND A
COMMITMENT WITH STAKEHLDERS,
WITH OURSELVES, WITH THE
EXECUTIVE WITH THE TYPES OF
CHANGE THAT IS WE WILL CONSIDER
IN OMNIBUS LEGISLATION.
AND JUST WANTING TO ALSO QUOTE
DEB BARKER, WHO'S A FORMER
LANDMARKS BOARD MEMBER WHEN SHE
SAID TO BASICALLY SHIFT
AUTHORITY FROM THESE SITES FROM
OUR LANDMARKS BOARD TO THE
EXECUTIVE THROUGH THIS BILL.
SHE SAYS IT'S A DISSERVICE TO
THE HARD WORK THAT THE LANDMARK
STAFF AND THE VOLUNTEER
LANDMARKS BOARD PERFORM.
AND I REALLY THINK THAT
LANDMARKS PRESERVATION BOARD
INPUT WOULD BE INVALUABLE IN A
DISCUSSION AROUND WHAT MAY BE
USEFUL AND APPROPRIATE ZONING
CODE RELIEF AS AN INCENTIVE TO
PROVIDE MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR
EXISTING LANDMARKS WHETHER OR
NOT THEY ARE PROPERTIES OR
SITES.
SO THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
I SEE COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS THEN
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, THEN
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAME
PRESIDENT.
SO I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD JUST SAID
IN TERMS OF REALLY CUEING UP THE
POSTURE OF WHERE THIS LANDS FOR
ME IN TERMS OF THE CONTEXT OF
WHAT THE CHANGE IS AND HOW IT'S
PACKAGED INTO THE OMNIBUS
LEGISLATION.
AND I DO WANT TO HEAR,
ESPECIALLY AS SOMEONE WHO, LIKE
MANY OF US, FORMERLY SERVED ON A
CITY BOARD OR COMMISSION FROM
THE LANDMARK BOARD, ON THE
IPACT OF THIS CHANGE ESPECIALLY
GIVEN WOO'S EMAIL FROM HISTORIC
SEATTLE EARLIER REALLY
UNDERSCORING THAT HISTORIC
SEATTLE DOES HAVE SOME CONCERNS
WITH THIS LEGISLATION.
AND REALLY, FOR ME, I WAS ONE OF
THE COUNCILMEMBERS IN THE
COMMITTEE THAT DID VOTE FOR THIS
AMENDMENT BEFORE.
I WAS CERTAINLY OPEN TO
POTENTIALLY CHANGING MY VOTE IN
THE COMMITTEE TODAY.
I DO THINK THE EMAIL FROM
HISTORIC SEATTLE WAS REALLY
IMPACTFUL GIVEN THAT THEY ARE A
VERY CRITICAL STAKEHOLDER ON OUR
MISSION OF HISTORIC
PRESERVATION, ESPECIALLY AS
RELATES TO THE CRITICAL WORK
THEY'VE DONE AROUND PLACE
MAKING.
WASHINGTON HALL AND THE GOOD
SHEPHERDS CENTER AND A LOT OF
THE ORGANIZATIONS THEY'VE PUT A
LOT OF INVESTMENT IN GIVES ME A
LOT OF RESPECT FOR WHAT THEY DO
OR DO DON'T THINK IS IMPORTANT
IN THIS WORLD OF HISTORIC
PRESERVATION IN SEATTLE.
I WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH THEM
MORE, AS THEY SAID, NOT
NECESSARILY TO OPPOSE THIS
CHANGE FOREVER BUT TO CUE UP A
MORE DELIBERATIVE PROCESS TO
DISCUSS SOME OF THE IMPLICATIONS
AROUND THE POTENTIAL CHANGE OF
THE SITE AND SITE'S LANGUAGE
THAT COULD HAVE BIGGER
IMPLICATIONS.
SO FOR THOSE REASONS, I AM GOING
TO VOTE FOR THIS AMENDMENT AGAIN
TODAY.
AND APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN BRINGING IT FORWARD
AGAIN.
>> I THINK COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA WAS NEXT AND THEN
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
I WANT TO UNDERSCORE THE
COMMENTS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER
STRAUSS MADE TODAY, AND AS CHAIR
OF THE COMMITTEE, WHAT HE HAS
BROUGHT TO LIGHT IN THE LAST FEW
CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD.
SO TO ADD TO THE CONVERSATION
THAT WE HAD THIS MORNING, I WANT
TO REITERATE THIS OMNIBUS CHANGE
ONLY APPLIES TO SINGLE FAMILY
ZONE.
SO THIS WILL NOT APPLY TO, FOR
EXAMPLE, THE BEACON HILL GARDEN
HOUSE WHICH WAS MENTIONED
EARLIER TODAY FROM OUR FRIENDS
IN BEACON HILL.
THIS IS NOT WITHIN THE SINGLE
FAMILY ZONE.
SO THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE
AFFECTED.
FURTHER MORE, NONCONFORMING USES
MAY BE APPROVED ON LANDMARK
BUILDINGS ALREADY.
THIS IS ALREADY A PRACTICE.
SO THIS IS A TECHNICAL CHANGE IN
NATURE.
THE OMNIBUS CHANGE WOULD EXTEND
THIS TO INCLUDE SITES AND
APPROVING NONCONFORMING USES
THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATIVE
CONDITIONAL USE PROCESS IS THE
JURISDICTION OF SDCI AFTER
CONSULTING WITH THE DEPARTMENT
OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
THE LANDMARKS PRESERVATION BOARD
DOES NOT HAVE JURISDICTION OVER
THIS USE.
I WANT TO SAY THAT ONE MORE
TIME, BECAUSE I THINK THERE HAS
BEEN CONFUSION OUT THERE.
THE LANDMARKS PRESERVATION BOARD
DOES NOT HAVE JURISDICTION OVER
THIS USE.
THIS IS NOT SHIFTING ANY ROLE
THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE.
ADDITIONALLY, ANY PHYSICAL
CHANGE TO THE DESIGNATED
FEATURES OF A LANDMARK BUILDING
OR SITE IS THE JURISDICTION OF
THE LANDMARKS PRESERVATION BOARD
AND THAT AUTHORITY IS NOT
CHANGING WITHIN THE OMNIBUS
CODE.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS SAID THIS
ALREADY, AND I'M LIFTING THIS UP
SO IT DOESN'T GET LOST IN THE
DISCUSSION AROUND THIS.
SOME OF THESE TOPICS CAN BE
CONTENTIOUS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE
BEST USE OF PUBLIC SPACES OR
OTHER SPACES TO SERVE THE
PUBLIC.
BUT THIS, AGAIN, THIS DOES NOT
CHANGE THE JURISDICTION OF THE
LANDMARKS PRESERVATION BOARD
WITHIN THIS CODE.
THIS IS A TECHNICAL CHANGE,
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS AND
SDCI TREAT LANDMARK BUILDINGS
AND SITES THE SAME AND HAS
AUTHORITY OVER FISCAL CHANGES
AND OVER BUILDINGS.
AND SDCI, AGAIN, I WANT TO
REITERATE THE -- SORRY,
NONCONFORMING USES MAY BE DONE
ALREADY.
AND APPROVING NONCONFORMING USE
THROUGH THE PROCESS IS, AGAIN,
THE JURISDICTION OF SDCI AFTER
CONSULTATION WITH THE OO.
I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS.
IF THAT WASN'T CLEAR FROM MY
EARLIER COMMENTS AND JUST NOW.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES?
>> I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE BILL
AS IS.
I'M SORRY, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN, NOT SUPPORTING THE
AMENDMENT.
SORRY ABOUT THAT.
>> OKAY, SO I, AS I UNDERSTAND
IT, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE
TECHNICAL IN NATURE.
AND I WILL SAY THAT IT DOES
SOUND LIKE IT'S GETTING STICKY
BECAUSE THERE IS A DEEPER POLICY
ISSUE BEING ADDRESSED AND WHAT
SEEMS LIKE A MINOR WORD CHANGE
LEAVES MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
WE DID HAVE A CONVERSATION TODAY
WITH CENTRAL STAFF WHO POINTED
OUT THERE ARE NO PENDING
APPLICATIONS WHO WOULD BE
IMPACTED BY THIS CHANGE.
BUT IT IS ALSO MY UNDERSTANDING
AND MAYBE COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
CAN CLARIFY THIS, THERE'S ONE
PROPERTY THAT WOULD BENEFIT FROM
THIS RIGHT NOW, FROM THIS KIND
OF A CHANGE.
SO I THINK FOR ME THE QUESTION
IS THAT CLARITY AROUND WHAT
WOULD BE IMPACTED BY THIS BEYOND
JUST ONE POTENTIAL PROJECT AND
HOW THAT RELATES TO, YOU KNOW,
IF THERE'S A POLICY CHANGE BEING
MADE FOR ONE PURPOSE OR IF THERE
IS A DEEPER OR A BROADER
IMPLICATION HERE AS WE'RE TRYING
TO MAKE THE DECISION.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, THAT
QUESTION WAS ADDRESSED TO YOU,
SO YOU'RE WELCOME TO RESPOND.
>> GREAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS, AS I
EXPLAINED BEFORE, THE DEEPER --
THE LONG-TERM BENEFITS OF THIS
ARE THAT A BUILDING'S USE AND
THE SITE'S USE COULD BOTH BE
CONSIDERED BY THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION AND
INSPECTIONS RATHER THAN THIS
SITUATION WHICH WE HAVE TODAY
WHICH THE USE IS ONLY -- THE
DECISIONS CAN ONLY BE MADE
WITHIN THE BUILDING.
AND I THINK THAT CHILDCARE
REALLY IS A GREAT EXAMPLE
BECAUSE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF
CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES
REQUIRES BOTH PARKING AND
OUTDOOR SPACE.
AND SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT IT
FROM THAT TYPE OF A TECHNICAL
CHANGE ALLOWING A DEPARTMENT TO
MAKE A DECISION BASED ON AN
ENTIRE FACILITY IS IMPORTANT.
NOW, WHEN IT COMES TO THE ONE
SITE THAT I'VE HEARD REPEATEDLY
ALSO BROUGHT UP, I DON'T -- IT'S
NOT MY UNDERSTANDING THAT
THERE'S AN APPLICATION AND MAYBE
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN CAN
ENLIGHTEN US MORE ABOUT THAT
SITE BECAUSE IT'S NOT WITHIN MY
DISTRICT AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING
I'VE HAD MY FINGERTIPS RIGHT ON
TOP OF.
SO WHEN -- AND I HEAR THAT THERE
IS A BIT OF CONFUSION REGARDING
WHETHER THIS IS A POLICY CHANGE
OR A TECHNICAL CHANGE.
AND THAT'S WHY I SAID EARLIER
THIS IS -- IT'S NOT THE END OF
THE WORLD.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING I'M GOING TO
DIE ON MY SWORD FOR, BECAUSE IF
THERE IS A POLICY -- IF THIS IS
A POLICY IMPLICATION THAT PEOPLE
NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION
OBJECT, THEN THAT'S FINE.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE
SHOULD DO.
WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT,
ESPECIALLY HISTORIC BUILDINGS
AND SINGLE FAMILY ZONES, WHICH
COMPRISE THE MAJORITY OF THE
CITY OF SEATTLE, THIS COULD
CREATE CUMBERSOME RED TAPE THAT
COULD BE UNNECESSARY IN PLACES.
NOW, IF WE NEED TO PROTECT
CERTAIN ASPECTS OF OUR HISTORIC
SITES AND BUILDINGS THEN I THINK
THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND THAT'S WHY THE LANDMARK
BOARD'S JURISDICTION OVER THIS
DOES NOT CHANGE, BECAUSE THE
LOOK AND FEEL OF THE HISTORIC
SITE WILL NOT BE ALTERED BY THIS
ONE WORD CHANGE.
IT IS SIMPLY THE USE.
SO CHILDCARE FACILITIES IS WHY I
KEEP GOING BACK TO THAT EXAMPLE
BECAUSE CHILDCARE FACILITIES DO
REQUIRE PARKING, DRIVE-UP,
LOAD/UNLOAD AND OUTDOOR USE,
WHEREAS MOST OTHER USES ARE ABLE
TO BE CONFINED INTO THE
BUILDING.
I DO BELIEVE THAT THE SITE THAT
HAS REPEATEDLY COME UP HAS A
RESTRICTION FOR EDUCATIONAL
USES, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO --
I'M NOT GOING TO WADE INTO THOSE
WATERS BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE
ENOUGH INFORMATION TO DISCUSS IT
APPROPRIATELY.
THANK YOU.
>> HEY, ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE GOING TO -- IT'S YOUR
AMENDMENT, SO YOU GET THE LAST
WORD, COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
I'M GOING TO JUST MAKE A COUPLE
OF BRIEF REMARKS BEFORE YOU DO
THAT.
SO MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT
WE'RE VOTING ON NOW IS, IN FACT,
AN OMNIBUS BILL.
IT IS DESIGNED TO REFLECT
TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE
LAND USE CODE AS A CLEANUP
EFFORT.
AND, FRANKLY, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE
MAKING A MOUNTAIN OUT OF A MOLE
HILL ON THIS ONE.
AND I DO THINK AND BELIEVE THAT
IT IS A TECHNICAL CORRECTION.
WE HAVE HEARD LANGUAGE BOTH FROM
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
AND I HAVE NOT HEARD ANY
CONCRETE CITATION TO SPECIFIC
LANGUAGE THAT PROVES OTHERWISE
THAT SDCI ALREADY HAS THE
AUTHORITY TO MAKE THESE ORTS OF
DECISIONS.
AND IF THAT IS TRUE, AND I DON'T
HAVE A REASON TO BELIEVE IT IS
NOT TRUE, THEN THIS LANGUAGE IS
CLEANUP AND SIMPLY DESIGNED TO
MAKE SURE THAT THE DECISION
MAKING BY SDCI IS CONSISTENT AS
IT RELATES TO THE SITE AND USE
ISSUES THAT COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS HAS HIGHLIGHTED.
SO I INTEND TO VOTE NO ON THIS
AMENDMENT, AND I'M GOING TO HAND
IT OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN TO CLOSE OUT DEBATE ON
THIS AMENDMENT SO WE CAN GO
AHEAD AND CALL IT TO A VOTE AND
ADDRESS THE UNDERLYING BILL
ACCORDINGLY.
SO COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN,
SORRY, NO, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE
THAT DEBATE.
I'M SORRY.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU.
AND WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO
DID CALL IN AND WHO WROTE TO US
WITH THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT THIS
FROM THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES
ACROSS THE CITY.
AND YOU KNOW, THERE -- IT'S --
WHETHER IT'S ABOUT A USE OR NOT,
BECAUSE IT TALKS ABOUT
CONFIGURATION OF THE SITE, WHICH
IS MORE THAN JUST USE,
CONFIGURATION OF THE SITE IS
WHAT SDCI WANTS TO PUT IN THERE
AND HAVE AUTHORITY OVER.
úAND SO IT'S PRECISELY BECAUSE F
THIS CONFUSION AS TO WHETHER IT
IS SUBSTANTIVE OR NOT THAT IT,
IN MY OPINION, SHOULD BE PULLED
OT, WHICH IS WHAT THIS
AMENDMENT WOULD DO, TO ENABLE
SDCI, IF THEY REALLY FEEL THIS
IS NECESSARY CHANGE, IF THEY CAN
JUST COME BACK AND WE CAN
DAYLIGHT EVERYTHING AND HAVE A
FULL, ROBUST DISCUSSION ABOUT
IT.
BUT IT'S JUST NOT APPROPRIATE IN
AN OMNIBUS BILL, TRADITIONALLY,
TO HAVE WHAT COULD BE CONSIDERED
SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE SO.
I JUST
ASKED MY COLLEAGUES TO CONSIDER
APPROVING THIS AMENDMENT AND
THEN WE CAN DISCUSS THIS AT A
LATER DATE ABOUT THE USE AND
CONFIGURATION OF VARIOUS SITES
AND OPEN SPACE, ET CETERA.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
CLOSE OUT DEBATE BECAUSE WE'VE
HAD A LONG CONVERSATION ABOUT
THIS DURING COUNCIL BRIEFING,
AND WE'RE HAVING A LONG
CONVERSATION NOW.
AND THERE WAS A LONG
CONVERSATION IN THE COMMITTEE.
WE ARE, I THINK, AT THE END OF
THE ROAD HERE AND IT'S TIME FOR
US TO MAKE A CALL ONE WAY OR THE
OTHER.
SO I'M GOING TO ASK THAT THE
CLERK CALL THE ROLL.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> NO.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> NO.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> NO.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> NO.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> NO.
>> FOUR IN FAVOR, FIVE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAME
CLERK.
THE MOTION FAILS AND THE
AMENDMENT IS NOT ADOPTED.
ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS
ON THE BILL AS AMENDED?
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA AND THEN
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS YOU'LL
HAVE THE LAST WORD SINCE YOU'RE
SPONSOR OF THE BILL.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> THANK YOU, MADAME PRESIDENT.
AGAIN, THANKS TO COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS FOR SHEPHERDING THIS
OMNIBUS BILL THROUGH.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE
WORK THAT YOU DID TO INCLUDE
AMENDMENTS TECHNICAL IN NATURE
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CODIFY THE
INTENT OF WHAT WE PASSED LAST
YEAR.
THIS IS GOING TO GO A LONG WAY
TO MAKE SURE THAT UNENCLOSED
DECKS AND ROOFTOPS OVER PATIOS
CAN EXTEND TO MAKE SURE THAT
THERE'S MORE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE
TO ENJOY THEIR ROOFTOP AREAS.
AS WE CREATE GREATER DENSITY, WE
WANT A CITY THAT'S LIVABLE AND
WALKABLE AND ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL
AGES AND ABILITIES.
WE USE OUR ROOFTOP AS UR
BACKYARD BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A
BACKYARD.
AND THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE OUR
DINNERS ON OUR PATIO AND OUR
KIDDO PLAYS AND WE VISIT WITH
OUR ELDERS.
SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING
THIS LEGISLATION FOR A NUMBER OF
REASONS, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR WORKING WITH OUR OFFICE TO
INCLUDE THAT TECHNICAL AMENDMENT
TO MAKE SURE WE WERE CLEAR ON
THAT EFFORT.
I HOPE THAT WILL GO A LONG WAY
FOR THE LIVABILITY OF THIS CITY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON
THE BILL?
OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS,
LAST WORD IS YOURS.
>> JUST AGAIN WANT TO THANK
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN FOR
BRINGING THIS AMENDMENT FORWARD
AND OTHER AMENDMENTS FORWARD.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD ALSO SPOKE
TO THE IMPORTANCE OF OMNIBUS
BILLS MAKING TECHNICAL AND NOT
POLICY CHANGES.
AND I KNOW THAT IN DAYS OF
WORKING VIRTUALLY AND REMOTELY
THAT IT CAN BE CONFUSING WHAT IS
TECHNICAL AND WHAT IS POLICY.
AND I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S
WILLINGNESS TO WORK TOGETHER.
SOME OF THE OTHER, AS I SAID
PREVIOUSLY, SOME OF THE OTHER
CONFUSING LANGUAGE THAT WE
REMOVED WAS REGARDING WATT UNIT
SUBDIVISIONS, WHICH COULD BE
VIEWED AS TECHNICAL OR IT COULD
BE VIEWED AS POLICY.
ALREADY DISCUSSED WAS THE PATIOS
AND DECKS FOR ADUs.
ALSO I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THERE
WAS A LOT OF WORK PUT INTO ONE
AMENDMENT REGARDING LONG-TERM
BIKE PARKING.
AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S -- THERE
COULD BE SOME ADDITIONAL WORK TO
CLEAN IT UP IN THE FUTURE.
JUST THAT IN THIS MOMENT WHERE
WE CONTINUE TO HEAR HOW DIVISIVE
EVERYTHING IS, THIS WAS A MOMENT
WHERE PEOPLE CAME TOGETHER AND
REALLY WERE ABLE TO COMPROMISE
AND FIND A SOLUTION THAT WORKS
AS BEST AS IT CAN FOR EVERYONE
ENGAGED.
AND SO I WANT TO THANK MY
COLLEAGUES ON THE LAND USE AND
NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE AND
THANK EVERYONE, ALL PUBLIC
STAKEHOLDERS AND CITY
DEPARTMENTS WHO WEIGHED IN ON
THIS VERY LONG BILL.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I
LOOK FORWARD TO THE PASSAGE OF
THIS BILL.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, FOR ALL
YOUR WORK ON THIS PARTICULAR
BILL.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL
AS AMENDED?
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> YES.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> NO.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AS AMENDED
AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
OKAY.
COMMITTEE REPORTS, WE ARE NOW
GOING TO HEAR FROM THE
TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITIES
COMMITTEE, AGENDA ITEM 18.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
AGENDA ITEM 18 INTO THE RECORD?
>> THE REPORT OF THE
TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITIES
COMMISSION, AGENDA ITEM 18,
COUNCIL BILL 119745, AN
ORDINANCE GRANTING THE
UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON, UW, PERMISSION TO
MAINTAIN AND OPERATE FIVE
EXISTING PEDESTRIAN SKYBRIDGES
LOCATED AROUND THE PERIMETER OF
THE UW CAMPUS AS A CAMPUS
-- THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS COUNCIL PASS AS
RECOMMENDED THE COUNCIL BILL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, YOU
ARE RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO
PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE REPORT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I'M PLEASED TO PRESENT THIS
AGREEMENT FOR YOUR ADOPTION.
AT THE LAST MEETING OF THE
TRANSPORTATION UTILITIES
COMMITTEE, THIS WAS PRESENTED
FOR ADOPTION.
HOWEVER, CONCERNS WERE RAISED
ABOUT FAILURE TO INCLUDE AN
EXPLICIT PROVISION REGARDING
COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS
WITH DISABILITIES ACT, ADA.
AS A RESULT OF THOSE CONCERNS,
AN AMENDMENT WAS PREPARED BY, IS
DOT AND THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON.
THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE
COMMITTEE AT ITS AUGUST 19
MEETING AND IS A PART OF THE
ORDINANCE BEFORE US.
I RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF COUNCIL
BILL 119745 WHICH WOULD PROVIDE
PERMISSION FOR UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON TO OPERATE AND
MAINTAIN EXISTING SKYBRIDGES.
>> ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THE
BILL?
HEARING NO COMMENTS, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON
THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> YES.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NUB OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES.
AGENDA ITEM 19, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE READ AGENDA ITEM 19 INTO
THE RECORD.
>> COUNCIL BILL 119865, AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO STREET AND
SIDEWALK USE -- AMENDING
ORDINANCE 125706 AND THE STREET
USE PERMIT FEE SCHEDULE
AUTHORIZED BY SECTION 15.04.074
OF THE
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE; AND
RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING
CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS.
THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THE BILL PASS.
>> THANK YOU, MADAME CLERK.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, AS CHAIR
OF THE COMMITTEE, YOU ARE MORE
THAN WELCOME TO BE RECOGNIZED
FIRST UNLESS YOU WOULD LIKE TO
HAND THIS OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS TO ADDRESS THE BILL.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
YES, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS HAS
DONE A LOT OF WORK ON THIS, AND
SO I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO
HIM IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
OTHERWISE I CAN ADDRESS IT AS
WELL.
>> Y'ALL'S CALL.
>> ALL RIGHT.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, CHAIR OF
TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITIES
COMMITTEE.
THIS BILL WAS INTENDED PRIMARILY
TO ADDRESS SIDEWALK CAFES AND
STREET CAFES PERMITTING.
I DID HEAR DURING PUBLIC COMMENT
SOME OTHER CONCERNS AND I WOULD
HAVE LIKED TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS
THOSE EARLIER ON AND, AGAIN,
ANYONE WHO'S ENGAGED IN LAND USE
PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO REACH
OUT TO OUR OFFICE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
ALL STAKEHOLDERS.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN HAS DONE
GREAT WORK ON THIS, AND WE WORK
REALLY WELL TOGETHER.
ALL THAT TO SAY THAT SIDEWALK
CAFES AND CAFE STREETS ARE
REALLY GOING TO BE THE WAY WE
CREATE AN ECONOMIC -- THE
ABILITY FOR OUR ECONOMY TO EXIST
DURING COVID TIMES BECAUSE
OUTDOOR TRANSMISSION IS LOWER
THAN INDOOR TRANSMISSION.
SO THE ABILITY TO USE OUR PUBLIC
RIGHTS OF WAY FOR ECONOMIC
ACTIVITY IS INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT.
AND THIS BILL NOT ONLY ALLOWS
THAT BUT ALSO ALLOWS THAT TO BE
FREE OF CHARGE SO THAT WE ARE
ENSURING THAT OUR ECONOMY IS
ABLE TO RESTART AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE IN AN OUTDOOR SETTING.
WE'VE SEEN THESE SIDEWALK CAFES
AND STREET CAFES IN SEATTLE
TOGETHER STREETS POPPING UP
ACROSS OUR CITY, AND IT'S AN
AMAZING FEATURE I THINK WILL
HAVE A LASTING IMPACT IN A
POSITIVE WAY IN SEATTLE IN HOW
WE EAT, DINE, SHOP AND SPEAK TO
ONE ANOTHER WHETHER IT'S IN
COVID OR ONCE WE'RE OUT OF THIS
PANDEMIC.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD
ANYTHING ON TO THAT?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
WELL SAID, AND ALSO JUST TO
REMIND EVERYBODY, THIS DID PASS
UNANIMOUSLY OUT OF THE COMMITTEE
WITH ALL FIVE MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, I SEE
YOUR HAND UP AND COLLEAGUES, IF
ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE
COMMENTS, PLEASE DO LET ME KNOW.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
FOR THE CHAIR OF TRANSPORTATION
AND FOR THE PRIME SPONSOR OF THE
BILL, ACTUALLY JUST A QUICK
QUESTION IF YOU DON'T MIND.
TO CATCH US UP, I'M WONDERING IF
YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THE TIMELINE
OF SOME OF THESE STREET CAFES
AND THE PERMITTING PROCESS.
I SAW SOME COMMENTS ONLINE ABOUT
THE SHORT DURATION OF SOME OF
THE PERMITTING AND A DESIRE TO
EITHER SEE THE DURATION
EXTENDED, OR IN SOME CASES, TO
MAKE THESE LOCATIONS PERMANENT
SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME SUPER
BLOCK SPOTS ACROSS OUR CITY AS A
POSSIBLE POSITIVE OUTCOME OF
THIS POLICY CHANGE.
CAN YOU COMMENT A LITTLE BIT, IF
IT'S APPROPRIATE MADAME
PRESIDENT, JUST ON THE DURATION
AND POSSIBILITY OF EXTENSION OR
PERMANENT NATURE?
>> SURE, COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN,
WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THAT
QUESTION?
>> YES.
IT IS FOR JUST A FEW MONTHS.
IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT
DURING COVID PANDEMIC.
AND FIRST WE NEED TO COLLECT THE
DATA ON HOW IT'S GOING, WHAT THE
IMPACTS ARE TO OTHER BUSINESSES
WHO MIGHT NOT BE GETTING THESE
PERMITS WHO MIGHT WANT MORE
PARKING NEARBY OR BUS ROUTES, ET
CETERA.
WE'RE COLLECTING -- IS DOT IS
GOING TO BE COLLECTING DATA ON
THIS SO WE CAN DETERMINE WHAT TO
DO ON A MORE PERMANENT BASIS, IF
AT ALL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> YES, THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
I WOULD SAY THAT THESE PERMITS
WERE SET UP AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE BY SDOT WORKING THROUGH
THE COVID PANDEMIC.
THERE WAS A SHORT TIMELINE
ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.
I THINK THAT WITH ANY PILOT
PROJECT, THIS ONE INCLUDED,
WE'LL SEE THE BENEFITS AND ALSO
WHAT DOESN'T WORK SO WELL.
I AM GOING TO CHAMPION THAT WE
MAKE THESE PERMANENT FEATURES
WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE I
THINK STREET CAFES AND SIDEWALK
CAFES ARE -- EVEN BEFORE THE
PANDEMIC, I WAS A LARGE FAN OF
THESE.
TO YOUR POINT, THE SUPER BLOCKS
WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO REALLY
CREATE A PEDESTRIANIZED SPACE
THAT ALLOWS FOR DELIVERIES,
OPERATIONINGS, PEOPLE WITH ALL
AGES AND ABILITIES ARE ABLE TO
ACCESS THAT SPACE.
AND YOU KNOW, THE THREE-MINUTE
TO-GO ORDERS AS WELL.
THERE'S A REAL OPPORTUNITY HERE.
I'M GOING TO CHAMPION TO MAKE
THESE PERMANENT, I WOULD HOPE MY
COLLEAGUES WOULD JOIN ME IN
THAT.
AND WITH THAT, I WANT TO THANK
SDOT FOR WORKING AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE TO GET THIS TEMPORARY
PERMIT AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE.
>> THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS BY
MY COLLEAGUES?
OKAY.
I WOULD JUST SAY THAT I DID
REACH OUT TO THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
RELATED TO SOME CONCERNS THAT WE
RECEIVED SORT OF IN THE 11th
HOUR HERE ABOUT -- AND WE HEARD
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS IN
PUBLIC COMMENT -- ABOUT THE
IMPACT OF THIS BILL, STREET USE
FEES, ON CONSTRUCTION OF
AFFORDABLE HOMES.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT SDOT DID,
IN FACT, DO A PRESENTATION FOR
THE ORGANIZATION THAT REACHED
OUT TO US VIA LETTER AND IN
PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY.
AND THAT THEY RECEIVED NO
CONCERNS OR FEEDBACK AT THAT
TIME.
AGAIN, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT
THERE WEREN'T CONCERNS, IT JUST
MEANS THAT THERE WAS AN
OPPORTUNITY AND THE OPPORTUNITY
WAS NOT TAKEN AT THAT TIME TO
PROVIDE ANY CONCERNS.
AND AGAIN, THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION BELIEVES THAT THE
INTENTION OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TO
ACTUALLY REDUCE THE COST FOR
TOWNHOUSE-TYPE DEVELOPMENT AND
THAT PROJECTS OUTSIDE OF URBAN
CENTERS SHOULD REMAIN PRETTY
EVEN.
THE INCREASES PROPOSED IN THE
STREET USE FEES WILL PRIMARILY
BE IN THE DOWNTOWN CORE.
SO DIRECT THE DIRECTOR AND HIS
TEAM ARE
HAPPY TO CONNECT WITH ANY OF US,
COLLEAGUES, THAT CONTINUE TO
HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THIS
PARTICULAR ISSUE SXICHLT LOOK
FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THE BILL
AS IT IS INTRODUCED TODAY WITH
THE UNDERSTANDING THAT,
OBVIOUSLY, THERE COULD BE --
THERE WILL BE MORE TO COME ON
THIS POLICY ISSUE AS FLAGGED BY
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS IN TERMS
OF THE POTENTIAL LONG-TERM
NATURE OF THIS KIND OF A
PROGRAM.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, LET'S
GO AHEAD AND CLOSE OUT DEBATE.
I WOULD ASK THE CLERK CALL THE
ROLL ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS?
>> AYE.
>> MORALES?
>> AYE.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> AYE.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
AGENDA ITEM 20.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM
20 INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 20, COUNCIL BILL
119867.
AN ORDNANCERELATING TO THE
CITYb
CODE -- AMENDING
SECTIONS 11.46.010 AND
11.46.020 OF THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE TO REVISE
PERMISSIBLE AREAS OF OPERATION
IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND OTHER
PUBLIC PATHWAYS FOR ELECTRIC
PERSONAL ASSISTIVE MOBILITY
DEVICES AND MOTORIZED FOOT
SCOOTERS.
THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THE BILL PASS.
>> THANK YOU, MADAME CLERK.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, AS THE
CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, YOU'RE
AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE THE
COMMITTEE REPORT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ.
SO ITEMS 20 AND 22 ON TODAY'S
AGENDA, 20 IS COUNCIL BILL
119867.
AND 22 IS 119868.
BOTH DEAL WITH THE SCOOTER
PROGRAM.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, VICE
CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, IS A
SPONSOR ON THOSE TWO BILLS.
I WOULD RECOMMEND WE AT LEAST
DISCUSS THOSE AS A GROUP, AS A
COUPLE AND THEN WE CAN VOTE ON
IT HOWEVER YOU WANT.
BUT THOSE TWO ITEMS GO TOGETHER,
20 AND 22.
>> YEAH.
MADAME CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE
READ INTO THE RECORD ITEM 22 SO
THAT WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION
ABOUT BOTH?
BUT WE WILL TAKE UP THE BILLS
SEPARATELY AND IN THE ORDER
LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
>> AGENDA ITEM 22, COUNCIL BILL
119868, AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
USE OF CITY
RIGHT-OF-WAY BY FREE-FLOATING
SCOOTERS -- AMENDING SECTION
15.17.005 OF THE SEATTLE
MUNICIPAL CODE, ADOPTING A
FREE-FLOATING SCOOTER SHARE
PROGRAM FEE
SCHEDULE AND RATIFYING AND
CONFIRMING CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS.
THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE BILL
PASS.
>> THANK YOU, MADAME CLERK.
OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN,
BACK TO YOU AS CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE THE
COMMITTEE REPORT.
>> YES, SO THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDED ADOPTION OF BOTH OF
THESE COUNCIL BILLS.
HOWEVER, IF COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS WOULD LIKE THIS, I'D
LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS WHO'S THE
SPONSOR OF THE BILLS WHO COULD
SPEAK MORE ELOQUENTLY IN FAVOR
OF THEM THAN, CERTAINLY, I COULD
OR WOULD.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS,
PLEASE?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU, CHAIR PEDERSEN.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD ROBUST
DISCUSSION.
WE HAD A ROBUST DISCUSSION THIS
MORNING AT COUNCIL BRIEFING
ABOUT THE SCOOTER LEGISLATION.
AND FIRST, I JUST REALLY WANT TO
THANK SDOT, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE,
ESPECIALLY JOEL MILLER FOR
PRESENTING AT THE LAST
TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITIES
COMMITTEE MEETING.
AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, WE'VE BEEN
ENGAGED IN A LONG INTELLECTUAL
CONVERSATION FOR 18 MONTHS OR
LONGER.
AND I STILL HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT
SAFETY, PARKING EQUITY, HOW THIS
PROGRAM IS USED, HOW IT WILL BE
ROLLED OUT AND IMPLEMENTED.
I FEEL THAT SDOT IS WORKING IN
GOOD FAITH WITH US, AND I FEEL
THAT ANY CHANGES THAT WE NEED TO
SEE MADE TO THE PERMANENT
STRUCTURE WILL BE MADE.
AND IF WE DON'T THINK THAT THE
SCOOTER -- SCOOTERS ARE
APPROPRIATE FOR SEATTLE AFTER WE
GIVE IT A TRY, WE CAN END THE
PROGRAM.
I GUESS MY PROBLEM IS THAT FOR
SO LONG WE'VE CONTINUED TO
CIRCLE AROUND QUESTIONS THAT CAN
ONLY BE ANSWERED IF WE TRY IT IN
THE REAL WORLD.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE START
NOW, AS I SAID EARLIER TODAY,
BECAUSE EVEN RIGHT NOW SUNSET IS
AT 7:30.
WE HAD SUNSET AT 9:30 JUST TWO
MONTHS AGO.
WE ARE HEADING INTO THE DARKER,
WETTER PARTS OF THE YEAR.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO
LEARN HOW TO USE THESE DEVICES
IN GOOD WEATHER.
ANOTHER ONE OF THE FEATURES AS
PART OF THE PILOT PROGRAM IS
THAT THE FIRST RIDE WILL ONLY
ALLOW A USER TO TRAVEL AT 8
MILES AN HOUR.
THAT IS THE SPEED THAT SOME
PEOPLE CAN RUN.
I CAN'T, BUT SOME PEOPLE CAN RUN
AT 8 MILES AN HOUR.
AND SO, LOOKING AT THIS, YOU
KNOW, ONE OF MY CONCERNS WAS
ABOUT EQUITY.
ONE OF MY CONCERNS WAS ABOUT
SAFETY.
AND ESPECIALLY WITHIN THIS 8
MILE AN HOUR ISSUE THAT WAS
BROUGHT UP, I ASKED SDOT IF WE
COULD -- IF WHEN WE SAW USERS
USING THESE DEVICE THAT IS THEY
NEEDED MORE LEARNING TIME, COULD
WE MAKE THAT CHANGE IN THE
PERMIT, AND THEY SAID YES.
AND SO I BELIEVE THEM.
AND SO I DO THINK THAT IF WE ARE
GOING TO CONTINUE HAVING A
DISCUSSION ABOUT SCOOTERS, WE
NEED TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION
ROOTED IN REAL LIFE DATA, IN
REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE.
AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO MOVE
FORWARD AT THIS TIME.
I DID TALK ABOUT INDEMNITY
EARLIER TODAY.
AND THERE IS ROBUST INDEMNITY
WITHIN THE PROGRAM.
I DO WANT TO JUST CITE THOUGH
THAT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE
CITY WILL BE FREE FROM ANY SUIT
EVER.
PEOPLE SUE FOR ALL SORTS OF
REASONS FOR CARS, FOR BIKES, FOR
ALL SORTS OF THINGS.
I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT
THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THE ISSUE IS
WITH THE SCOOTERS OPERABILITY,
YOU KNOW, IF THE SCOOTER
MALFUNCTIONS, THEN THERE IS
ROBUST INDEMNITY THAT WOULD
ENSURE THAT THE CITY'S NOT
LIABLE FOR US.
THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN USER ERROR
OR IF THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE
IS NOT UP TO -- HAS A PROBLEM
THAT WE'VE SEEN BEFORE WITH
PEOPLE USING CARS OR BIKES THAT
SUE THE CITY BECAUSE THE CITY'S
INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT SET UP.
AND THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING
TO DO WITH SCOOTERS.
THAT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH
HOW WE CREATE THE BUILDING
ENVIRONMENT THAT WE WANT TO SEE
HERE IN THE CITY.
WE'RE GOING CONTINUE SEEING
ADDITIONAL ELECTRIFIED MICRO
MOBILITY CHOICES.
WE HAVE RAD-POWERED BIKES IN MY
DISTRICT.
RAD-POWERED BIKES HAS, I
BELIEVE, A VERY LARGE BACK ORDER
DURING THE PANDEMIC BECAUSE
PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO MOVE
AROUND THEIR SPACES AND CITIES
USING THIS MICRO MOBILITY THAT
IS CHARGED WITH ELECTRICITY
BECAUSE IT ALLOWS YOU TO MOVE AS
QUICKLY AS YOU NEED TO WITHOUT
EXERTING EFFORT THAT WILL MAKE
YOU SWEATY WHEN YOU APPEAR AT
THE DESTINATION THAT YOU'RE
GOING TO.
AND SO THIS WILL CALL FOR A NEED
FOR MORE BIKE LANES AND MORE
SPACES FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO
TRAVEL SAFELY WITH MICRO
MOBILITY.
AND THE REASON THAT WE NEED TO
MOVE FORWARD TODAY, AND THANK
YOU COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD FOR
RAISING YOUR CONCERNS THIS
MORNING.
I APPRECIATE WE NEED TO BE
THINKING ABOUT THIS IN A ROBUST
MANNER.
BUT A DELAY TODAY WOULD MAKE THE
LAUNCH OF THIS LESS SAFE BECAUSE
OF THE CHANGING -- CHANGING
WEATHER, CHANGING DAYLIGHT AS
WE'RE MOVING INTO FALL AND
WINTER.
AND HAVING HAD AN ACADEMIC
CONVERSATION FOR SO LONG, IF
WE'RE GOING TO FIND THE ANSWERS
TO THESE QUESTIONS, IF WE JUST
CONTINUE HAVING THEM IN AN
INTELLECTUAL FASHION, WE'LL
CONTINUE CIRCLING AROUND THESE
QUESTIONS.
WE ARE AT A POINT WHERE WE NEED
TO TRY THIS IN THE REAL WORLD TO
GET THE ANSWERS WE NEED TO THESE
QUESTIONS.
AND WHILE I HAVE CONCERNS, I
BELIEVE THOSE CONCERNS WILL BE
ALLEVIATED BY SDOT SHOULD WE
BRING THEM UP FROM THE CITY
COUNCIL TO THE DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU, CHAIR PEDERSEN.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON
ITEM 20 OR 22?
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AS MENTIONED THIS MORNING, I DID
HAVE SOME CONCERNS.
I STILL HAVE CONCERNS.
I WOULD HAVE APPRECIATED AN
ADDITIONAL WEEK, BUT I DO
UNDERSTAND THE POSITION OF THE
EXECUTIVE AS IT RELATES TO THE
LATE DATE OF COUNCIL'S
CONSIDERATION.
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY GREAT
IF WE HAD RECEIVED THE
LEGISLATION EARLIER.
AND I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT THE
DRAFT REQUIREMENTS, WE ONLY
RECEIVED AS OF THE DATE OF THE
LAST COMMITTEE MEETING.
AND THESE ARE PERMANENT
REQUIREMENTS THAT, AS COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ SAID THIS
MORNING, WE HOPE TO CONTINUE TO
INFLUENCE THOSE PERMITTING
REQUIREMENTS EVEN AFTER THE
COUNCIL ACTS ON THESE TWO BILLS.
I'M WILLING TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF
THIS LEGISLATION AT THIS TIME
DESPITE MY CONCERNS BECAUSE I
FEEL THAT THROUGH THE WORK THAT
MY OFFICE HAS DONE CHECKING IN
WITH VARIOUS ADVOCATES ABOUT THE
LEGISLATION THAT HEARING FROM
ADVOCATES FROM THE DISABILITIES
COMMUNITY WHO ARE THE MOST
VULNERABLE USERS OF OUR
SIDEWALKS, THE FACT THAT, FOR
INSTANCE, THEY WERE IN TOUCH
WITH JOEL MILLER.
THEY'RE INTERESTED IN SEEING HOW
THE END TRIP PHONE REQUIREMENT,
ONE OF THE THINGS I'M INTERESTED
IN AS WELL, COULD HELP RESOLVE
SOME OF THE SIDEWALK ACCESS
ISSUES.
MARCY CARPENTER, ANOTHER
DISABILITY RIGHTS ADVOCATE ALSO
CONVERSED WITH MY STAFF ABOUT
HER INTERACTIONS.
SHE SAID IT'S BEEN AN OPEN AND
COLLABORATIVE PROCESS AND THEY
KEPT INSISTING ON A PLACE AT THE
TABLE.
AND THEY'RE HAPPY WITH THE
REQUIREMENTS SDOT HAS FOR THE
SCOOTER USE.
SHE'S WORRIED ABOUT HAVING TOO
MANY SCOOTERS ON THE SIDEWALKS
AND THE SORT OF SQUISHY NATURE
OF WORDING AROUND WHO DECIDES
WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S A VIABLE
ALTERNATIVE TO ONE RIDING ON THE
SIDEWALK.
BUT NEVERTHELESS, IN VOTING IN
FAVOR OF THESE TWO BILLS, I DO
WANT TO MAKE NOTE THAT THERE IS
-- THERE ARE SOME IMPORTANT
THINGS I BELIEVE WE NEED TO
CONTINUE TO EMPHASIZE TO SDOT.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
THAT WE CLOSELY MONITOR THE AL
CHI TRAIL.
IT'S ALREADY EXTREMELY CROWDED.
WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE WEST
SEATTLE BIKE CONNECTIONS ABOUT
THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT USING
SCOOTERS IN PARKS OR ON BIKE
TRAILS.
AND REALLY NOT ONLY FEEL THAT WE
NEED TO CLOSELY MONITOR TRAILS
LIKE THE ALKI TRAIL, BUT I'M
CONCERNED.
I'M INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE
ABOUT HOW WE CAN ENTICE VENDORS
TO DO GEOFENCING IN AREAS WHERE
IT IS UNACCEPTABLE TO DRIVE A
SCOOTER.
AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THAT
I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER, I'M
SORRY, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALEZ'S MENTION THIS MORNING
THAT WE CAN STILL INFLUENCE THE
PERMIT REQUIREMENTS OUTSIDE OF
THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS.
AND I HOPE WE FIND THAT TO BE
TRUE BECAUSE I THINK A NUMBER OF
US HAVE SOME CHANGES THAT WE
WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT SDOT
MAKE THOSE PERMITTING
REQUIREMENTS.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD, FOR THOSE COMMENTS.
REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN?
>> THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU FOR -- THANKS TO
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR
SHEPHERDING THIS LEGISLATION AND
YOU MAKE A REALLY GOOD POINT
ABOUT NEEDING TO TRY IT TO SEE
WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO HAPPEN.
I DO SUPPORT IMPROVED MOBILITY
OPTIONS BY ENCOURAGING
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY
ALTERNATIVES TO GAS-POWERED
SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLES.
AND IDEALLY ELECTRIC SCOOTERS,
E-SCOOTERS WILL PROVIDE AN
ALTERNATIVE.
THE CITY GOVERNMENT IS
AUTHORIZES A NEW MODE OF
TRANSPORTATION, SO THIS IS A BIG
CHANGE THAT WARRANT AS CAREFUL
TRACKING OF THE RESULTS.
I HAD BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO A
STANDARD PILOT PROJECT THAT
WOULD MEASURE RESULTS FOR
SCOOTERS AS WE WERE SEEING
ELSEWHERE IN KING COUNTY, BUT,
IN MY OPINION, THIS SDOT
LEGISLATION IS NOT A DETAILED
PILOT.
IN MY VIEW, THE LEGISLATION
ITSELF DOES NOT EXPLICITLY OR
FULLY ADDRESS SAFETY, FINANCIAL
LIABILITY, INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS
AND MEASURES FOR SUCCESS.
SDOT, HOWEVER, MADE A COMPELLING
CASE.
THIS LEGISLATION'S TIME
SENSITIVE, SO I FULFILLED MY
ROLE TO FACILITATE DISCUSSION,
ASK QUESTIONS AND ENABLE US TO
VOTE ON IT.
WHILE A MAJORITY OF MY
COLLEAGUES APPROVED IT AT
COMMITTEE, I WAS PERSONALLY NOT
WILLING TO VOTE YES FOR
SOMETHING I BELIEVE LACKS THESE
DETAILS.
BOTH COUNCIL BILL 119867 AND
11968 ARE ONLY TWO PAGES IN
LENGTH.
IT LEAVES THE DETAILS TO THE
EXECUTIVE BRANCH.
I'LL BE SENDING A LETTER TO THE
SDOT DIRECTOR ASKING SDOT TO
RETURN BY NEXT JUNE AND DECEMBER
TO REPORT ON THE FIRST SIX
MONTHS AND 12 MONTH OF THE NEW
PROGRAM.
THOSE DATES WILL GIVE THEM TIME
TO ASSESS THOSE RESULTS.
HAVING SDOT REPORT BACK TO THE
COMMITTEE ON SPECIFIC METRICS OF
SUCCESS WHICH WOULD NORMALLY BE
STANDARD FOR A PILOT PROGRAM,
IT'LL ENABLE SDOT TO GIVE US
CONSISTENT, THOROUGH INFORMATION
TO US AS COUNCILMEMBERS AND TO
THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON THE
PERTINENT DETAILS AND RESULTS SO
WE CAN TRULY EVALUATE THIS NEW
PROGRAM.
IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH
DIRECTOR ZIMBABWE, I'VE BEEN
ENSURED THE DURKAN
ADMINISTRATION ALSO WANTS THESE
RESULTS.
I BELIEVE WE NEED TO MEASURE THE
RESULTS TO TRULY ASSESS WHETHER
THE PROGRAM IS SAFE, EQUITABLE
AND EFFECTIVE IN GETTING PEOPLE
OUT OF THEIR CARS AND DOING THIS
WITHOUT REQUIRING TAX DOLLARS TO
COVER INJURY LAWSUITS OR TO
BUILD SPECIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
THAT WOULD BASICALLY SUBSIDIZE
THE PROFITS OF PRIVATE COMPANIES
HEADQUARTERED OUTSIDE OF
SEATTLE.
I WANT TO THANK THE FOUNDING
DIRECTOR OF THE PREVENTION
CENTER FOR WRITING TO EXPRESS
HIS CONCERNS ABOUT SCOOTER
SAFETY.
HE PROVIDED STUDIES FROM AROUND
THE COUNTRY ABOUT THIS.
JUST LAST WEEK, DALLAS, TEXAS,
HALTED THEIR SCOOTER PROGRAM DUE
TO SAFETY CONCERNS.
SO THIS LETTER WILL ENCOURAGE
SDOT TO GET BACK TO US WITHIN 6
MONTHS AND 12 MONTHS, BUT I
STILL HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS
ABOUT INTRODUCING THIS NEW MODE.
THANKS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA AND THEN
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS
PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
AS FOLKS HAVE SAID, THIS IS A
FEW YEARS IN THE MAKING.
BUT FIRST I WANT TO PUBLICLY
ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANT
QUESTIONS THAT COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD ASKED THIS MORNING.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
FOR YOUR QUESTIONS AND YOUR
COMMENTS.
AND I WANT TO PUBLICLY SAY THAT
THIS MORNING I DEFAULTED INTO A
DEFENSE OF THE POLICY VERSUS
REALLY HEARING WHAT YOUR
QUESTION WAS ABOUT LEAVING A
WEEK TO HEAR THE IMPACT OF THE
LAWSUITS AND THE IMPACT HERE IN
SEATTLE.
SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR
THAT AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I
DEFAULTED INTO DEBATING THE
MERITS OF THE POLICY INSTEAD OF
HEARING WHAT YOU WERE SAYING.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR
WORK ON THE ISSUES TO GET TO THE
HEART OF THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE
BEING ASKED OF US TODAY.
AND ALSO FOR THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT FOR SENDING THAT EMAIL
TO SDOT SO QUICKLY AND FOR
DIRECTOR ZIMBABWE TO ANSWER
THOSE QUESTIONS, I THINK THAT
WAS ALL VERY INFORMATIVE IN OUR
DEBATE TODAY.
I THINK THAT COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD, YOUR POINTS AROUND
WANTING TO SEE THE POLICY
IMPACTS AND REALLY THE WORK
PRIOR TO DEPLOYMENT OF SCOOTERS
ABOUT HOW FOLKS CAN CONTINUE TO
MAINTAIN SAFE TRAILS AND
SIDEWALKS IS GOING TO BE VERY
IMPORTANT.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH YOU ON THAT.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
HIGHLIGHTING THAT ISSUE.
AND I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT IT.
I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AS
WE LOOK AT THAT DATA TO SEE HOW
THIS CAN FURTHER INFORM OUR
EFFORTS TO FIX OUR BROKEN BIKE
SYSTEM AND MAKE SURE THAT
THERE'S MORE AREAS THAT HAVE
PROTECTED BIKE LANES, TRULY
PROTECTED BIKE LANES.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, AS CHAIR
OF TRANSPORTATION, I APPRECIATE
THAT YOU ALSO OUTLINED YOUR
CONCERNS AND THE LETTER THAT
YOU'LL BE SENDING, I WOULD LOVE
TO WORK WITH YOU TO INCLUDE A
FEW ITEMS AS YOU THINK ABOUT
WAYS TO ENSURE IMPLEMENTATION
MOVES FORWARD.
AS I MENTIONED, ONE OF THE
THINGS I'VE HAD THAT WAS A
CONCERN IN THE PAST WAS HOW
WORKERS HAVE BEEN TREATED IN THE
INDUSTRY.
BUT THERE ARE SOME REALLY GREAT
EXAMPLES OUT OF CHICAGO, FOR
EXAMPLE, ON HOW TO MAKE SURE
THAT WORKERS IN THIS ARENA HAVE
THE PROTECTIONS AND BENEFITS
THAT PLACES LIKE SEATTLE HAVE
REALLY FOUGHT FOR.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO POTENTIALLY
WORKING WITH YOU IF POSSIBLE TO
INCLUDE A FEW QUESTIONS IN THAT
LETTER.
AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO
THANK COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
YOU CAME IN DEDICATED TO THIS
ISSUE, I KNOW, HAVE BEEN WORKING
ON IT FOR QUITE A WHILE.
REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS
EFFORT MOVE FORWARD, EVEN IN
THIS PILOT INITIAL STAGE.
THANKS FOR YOUR WORK AND YOUR
PREVIOUS OFFICE AS WELL, WORKING
WITH COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW AND,
OF COURSE, COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN
IN THEIR PREVIOUS ROLES.
I THINK THIS HAS ALL TAKEN
THOUGHTFUL APPROACH TO MAKING
SURE WE'RE ADVANCING ON THIS
MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION
OPTION.
AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK
YOU'VE DONE HERE TO MOVE THIS
PART ACROSS THE LINE.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK
REPRESENTATIVE MACKERY.
SHE WAS THE PRIME SPONSOR OF
1772 AND WE RECEIVED A LETTER
FROM HER OUTLINING HOW SHE
APPRECIATED THIS PIECE OF
LEGISLATION, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE
DEALING WITH MULTIPLE CHALLENGES
AT THE SAME TIME.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO BRING
PEOPLE TO A POSITION AND CIRCLE
AROUND A BILL THAT CREATES
GREATER STABILITY AND
SUSTAINABILITY FOR OUR LOCAL
ENVIRONMENT.
SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK
SHE DID IN OLYMPIA AND THAT THIS
PIECE OF LEGISLATION FOLLOWS
OTHER CITIES, NEIGHBORING CITIES
LIKE TACOMA, SPOKANE, PORTLAND
AND CITIES ACROSS THE GLOBE WHO
HAVE ADVANCED EFFORTS TO MAKE
SURE THERE'S MORE MICRO MOBILITY
SHARE OPTIONS.
AND AS SHE SAID, WE'RE TAKING A
SMALL BUT IMPORTANT STEP TO
IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM THAT WILL
HELP SUPPORT THE CITY'S
COMMITMENTS TO MOBILITY, EQUITY
AND REDUCE CONGESTION.
AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK
THAT IS IN FRONT OF US YET TO
DO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING
THIS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA FOR THOSE REMARKS.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAME
PRESIDENT, AND THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, FOR
BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
AS SOMEONE WHO CURRENTLY DOES
NOT OWN A CAR AND HAS NOT OWNED
A CAR ACTUALLY FOR ALMOST A
DECADE NOW, WHICH IS SORT OF
INTERESTING TO REFLECT ON, SINCE
I WAS AN UNDERGRAD, I AM HAPPY
TO SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION
TODAY.
YOU KNOW, THE FUTURE OF A LOT
MORE PEOPLE COMING UP IN THE
WORLD WHO DO NOT OWN CARS ARE
ARRANGIG THEIR LIVES
SPECIFICALLY IN A WAY TO BE
MULTIMODAL AND TRANSIT ORIENTED
IS GOING TO DEPEND ON HAVING
MORE OPTIONS AND MORE MICRO
MOBILITY OPTIONS LIKE SCOOTERS
AND LIKE BIKESHARES.
AND I THINK IT'S TIME THAT THE
CITY OF SEATTLE TRIED THIS OUT
AND WENT THROUGH PROCESS AS
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS HAS SAID
OF ESSENTIALLY LITERALLY HAVING
THE RUBBER MEET THE ROAD TO SEE
HOW THIS COULD WORK IN THE CITY
OF SEATTLE.
I DO CONTINUE TO HAVE CONCERNS
ABOUT SAFETY, BUT I WANT TO BE
CLEAR, I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT
SAFETY ALL THE TIME AS SOMEONE
WHO BIKES REGULARLY AND HAS BEEN
USING BIKING AS MY MAIN METHOD
OF COMMUTING AND GETTING AROUND
THE CITY DURING COVID AS
SOMEBODY WHO SEES ALL THE TIME
AS A PEDESTRIAN AND A BIKER THE
IMPACT THAT MYSELF AND SIMILARLY
SITUATED BIKERS AND PEDESTRIANS
ARE PUT INTO BY A SOCIETY THAT
OVERRELIES ON SINGLE OCCUPANCY
VEHICLES FOR TRANSPORTATION.
YOU KNOW, SAFETY IS A
CONVERSATION THAT GOES BEYOND
JUST OUR CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW
ON THE PILOT.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
CENTER THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO
WORK TOWARDS VISION ZERO AND
CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARD NOT JUST
ENHANCING MICRO MOBILITY BUT
ALSO INCREASING PROTECIVE
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR MICRO
MOBILITY PLATFORMS AROUND THE
CITY.
I'M ALSO ENCOURAGED BY SOME OF
THE SAFETY MEASURES THAT ARE
BAKED IN TO THE PLAN THAT SDOT
IS GOING TO BE PURSUING IN TERM
OF THE MAXIMUM SPEED SETTING,
THE BANNING OF RIDING THE
SCOOTERS ON SIDEWALKS, END TRIP
PHOTO REQUIREMENTS TO MAKE SURE
THAT THEY'RE NOT BLOCKING OR
OBSTRUCTING SIDEWALKS.
THIS IS -- THESE ARE REALLY
IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS THAT GIVE ME
CONFIDENCE THAT THE PILOT CAN
RETURN WITH MEANINGFUL DATA TO
SHAPE AND GUIDE HOW SCOOTERS CAN
WORK IN OUR TRANSPORTATION
ENVIRONMENT.
I CONTINUE TO BE CONCERNED, AS
I'M CONCERNED WITH LOTS OF OTHER
TRANSPORTATION MODE DISCUSSIONS,
BUT IT IS DEFINITELY TIME THAT
WE TRIED THIS.
EXPANDED THE OPTIONS FOR GETTING
AROUND THE CITY OF SEATTLE THAT
AREN'T SINGLE OCCUPANCY
VEHICLES.
AND THIS PILOT WILL HOPEFULLY
REALLY LEAD TO A GREAT NEW
ADDITION AND OPTION FOR PEOPLE
TO GET AROUND THE CITY.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING FOR
THIS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON
THE BILL?
EITHER OF THE BILLS?
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, PLEASE.
>> GREAT, AND I WILL CLOSE IT
OUT IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT WITH
YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I JUST ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
WHAT COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD HAD
SAID ABOUT ENSURING THAT THIS
PROGRAM WORKS FOR FOLKS THAT
HAVE DIFFERENT AGES AND
ABILITIES WHO MIGHT BE
EXPERIENCING DISABILITIES THAT
WE ENSURE THAT THE THE PROGRAM
IS SET UP SO WE'RE NOT KRAEING
CLUTTER ON OUR SIDEWALKS.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN AGAIN FOR HIS LETTER TO
SDOT BECAUSE THE CONCERNS WE
HAVE NEED TO BE MONITORED AND
THAT'S WHAT HE'S REQUESTING.
WE NEED TO SEE WHAT THE REAL
WORLD DATA REPORTS BECAUSE WE'LL
KEEP CIRCLING AROUND THESE
INTELLECTUAL QUESTIONS UNTIL WE
HAVE THAT DATA.
WE NEED TO
ENSURE SAFETY, EQUITY AND PROPER
USE ARE RETAINED AND WE PROVIDE
PEOPLE A NEW WAY TO MOVE THROUGH
OUR CITY THAT ENSURES THAT WE
ARE TRANSITIONING AWAY FROM
GAS-POWERED CARS AND THAT WE ARE
ABLE TO GET PEOPLE THE LAST MILE
BETWEEN THE TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE AND THEIR
HOMES OR DESTINATIONS WHERE
THEY'RE GOING.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS, AND THANK YOU EVERYBODY
FOR THAT ROBUST CONVERSATION.
REALLY APPRECIATE BOTH THE
COMMITTEE CONVERSATION, THE
CONVERSATION THIS MORNING IN
COUNCIL BRIEFING AND THE
CONVERSATION WE JUST HAD NOW AS
INDICATED BEFORE AND AS I VOTED
IN COMMITTEE, I INTEND TO VOTE
IN FAVOR OF BOTH OF THESE BILLS.
I DO THINK IT'S TIME FOR US TO
ADVANCE THE PILOT PROGRAM AND
BEGIN TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THIS
MOBILITY DEVICE IN OUR CITY AT A
GREATER SCALE.
AND THAT IS ONLY POSSIBLE IN MY
MIND BY MOVING FROM THE
THEORETICAL AND HYPOTHETICAL TO
THE REAL WORLD.
AND SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR US TO DO THAT AND TO LEARN
MORE WHILE STILL HAVING OUR
ONGOING CONCERNS ADDRESSED.
I BELIEVE THAT THE SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
DOES WANT THIS PROGRAM TO BE
SUCCESSFUL, AND I THINK THAT
THAT IS COMMON GROUND WITH MANY
OF US ON THE COUNCIL.
AND AS A RESULT, I THINK THAT
THEY ARE AT LEAST BASED ON MY
INTERACTION WITH THEM, VERY
RECEPTIVE TO ONGOING
CONVERSATION AND ENGAGEMENT AND
COOPERATION WITH US AS
COUNCILMEMBERS TO CONTINUE TO
ADDRESS SOME OF THE REMAINING
CONCERN THAT IS EXIST IN THE
PERMITTING -- IN THE PERMIT
REQUIREMENT DOCUMENT WHICH IS, I
THINK, WELL OVER OR CLOSE TO 50
PAGES, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY
FROM THE TIME WE LOOKED AT IT
BEFORE WE WENT ON RECESS.
THAT'S WHERE I THINK THE DETAILS
ARE, AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK
THERE'S UP THE FOR US TO ENGAGE
WITH SDOT AROUND LINGERING
CONCERNS AND LOOK FORWARD TO
DOING THAT.
WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, LET'S GO
AHEAD AND CLOSE OUT DEBATE.
AND I WOULD ASK THAT THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL, WHICH IS
AGENDA ITEM 20.
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> YES.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> NO.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> YES.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH T-BILL
PASSES, AND THE CHAIR WILL SIGN
IT.
WILL THE CLERK AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
AGENDA ITEM 21, WILL THE CLERK
READ THE SHORT TITLE OF AGENDA
ITEM 21 INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 21, COUNCIL BILL
119858, AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
THE FINANCING OF
THE WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE
IMMEDIATE RESPONSE PROJECT,
CREATING A FUND FOR DEPOSITING
PROCEEDS OF TAXABLE LIMITED TAX
GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS IN
TO 21,
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
BILL PASS AS AMENDED.
>> THANK YOU, MADAME CLERK.
THIS IS AGENDA ITEM 21.
IN THE PREVIOUS CONVERSATION WE
HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT 20 AND
22.
AS I MENTIONED, WE WILL VOTE ON
ITEMS 20 AND 22 SEPARATELY AND
IN THE ORDER THAT THEY WERE
PUBLISHED ON THE AGENDA.
SO WE HAVE THIS MINOR
INTERRUPTION OF ITEM 21 TO HAVE
A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS
PARTICULAR ITEM BEFORE WE TAKE
UP THE SECOND SCOOTER-RELATED
BILL.
ITEM 21, CLM PEDERSEN, YOU ARE
CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE AND ARE
RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO ADDRESS
THIS ITEM.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
YES, SO, COUNCIL BILL 119858 IS
FOR THE WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE
AUTHORIZING TWO LOANS THAT SDOT
NEEDS FOR PRELIMINARY WORK ON
THE BRIDGE.
IN TOTAL, $70 MILLION.
THEY'LL BE REPAID WITH A BOND
SALE IN 2021.
OBVIOUSLY LOTS OF CHOICES THAT
WILL BE COMING UP LATER IN TERMS
OF REPAIR AND REPLACE, BUT THIS
MONEY IS NEEDED NOW TO DO THE
SHORING UP WORK.
WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON
THIS ISSUE AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, WOULD YOU
LIKE TO MAKE SOME REMARKS?
>> I WOULD VERY MUCH.
JUST WANT TO REALLY UPLIFT HOW
IMPORTANT THIS FUNDING IS AND
FOR WHAT IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO
BE USED FOR.
NOT ONLY IS IT GOING TO BE USED
FOR STABILIZATION WORK AND THE
MONITORING THAT HAS TO BE DONE
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT
THERE'S A DECISION TO REPAIR OR
REPLACE THE BRIDGE, BUT IT'S
ALSO BEING -- THE FUNDS ARE ALSO
GOING TO BE USED FOR REPAIRS AND
ENHANCEMENTS TO THE LOWER
BRIDGE, WHICH WE'RE ALSO RELIANT
ON IN THIS TIME DURING THE
CLOSURE OF THE UPPER LEVEL
BRIDGE FOR PRIORITY TRANSIT USE,
FREIGHT USE AND EMERGENCY
VEHICLE USE.
IN ADDITION, THIS FUNDING IS
GOING TO BE USED FOR THE TRAFFIC
AND MOBILITY MITIGATION
PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE WEST
SEATTLE -- THE RECONNECT WEST
SEATTLE PROJECT THAT SDOT IS
CIRCULATING A DRAFT SET OF
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ALL OF THE
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE MOST
IMPACTED BY THE CLOSURE OF THE
BRIDGE WITH A REALLY STRONG
EQUITY FOCUS ON FOCUSSING ON
MAKING IMPORTANT TRANSPORTATION
INVESTMENTS TO MITIGATE THE
IMPACTS OF HAVING ALL OF THESE
VEHICLES GOING THROUGH THEIR
NEIGHBORHOODS AS PART OF THE
DETOUR ROUTES, SPECIFICALLY IN
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE SUFFERED
FROM LACK OF INVESTMENT OVER
PAST YEARS.
THE FUNDING IS ALSO BEING USED
FOR THE PLANNING AND DESIGN OF A
LONG-TERM REPLACEMENT.
AGAIN, WE'RE WORKING ON
DESIGNING A LONG-TERM
REPLACEMENT BECAUSE EVEN IF WE
CHOOSE REPAIR, THERE WILL BE A
NEED FOR REPLACEMENT SOME TIME
IN THE FUTURE.
AND SO IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE,
I THINK, TO DO THAT DESIGN WORK
IN -- ON THE FRONT END.
ALSO INCLUDED IN THE FUNDING
PACKAGE IS A PRELIMINARY
TWO-YEAR WORK PLAN WITH AN
EMPHASIS ON BROAD COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS.
THIS INCLUDES EMERGENCY REPAIRS,
BRIDGE STABILIZATION WORK,
MONITORING, PLANNING AND DESIGN,
REPAIRS AND ENHANCEMENTS TO THE
SPOKANE BRIDGE, AS I MENTIONED
EARLIER, AND TRAFFIC AND
MOBILITY MITIGATION PROJECTS.
THAT IS ALL CONTAINED IN THIS
TWO-YEAR WORK PLAN.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK CHAIR
PEDERSEN FOR HIS WORK IN
STEWARDING THIS LEGISLATION.
MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR
CONSIDERATION OF PASSAGE OF THE
LEGISLATION, THE WEST SEATTLE
COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE SOUTH
PARK, GEORGETOWN AND SODO
COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN DEEPLY
IMPACTED BY THE CLOSURE OF THE
BRIDGE THROUGH AT LEAST THE END
OF NEXT YEAR.
MANY HAVE LOST ACCESS TO THE
CITY AND REGION AND OTHERS ARE
SEEING INCREASED TRAFFIC NEAR
ACCESS POINTS IN HIGHLAND PARK
AND SOUTH DELRIDGE.
SOUTH PARK HAS SEEN DECREASED
TRAFFIC AS HAS GEORGETOWN AS
WELL.
LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUED
WORK WITH SDOT AND THE TECHNICAL
ADVISORY PANEL AND THE COMMUNITY
TASK FORCE ON THAT COST BENEFIT
ANALYSIS TO INFORM THAT DECISION
IN EARLY OCTOBER ON WHETHER TO
REPAIR OR REPLACE THE BRIDGE.
THIS IS ALL REALLY IMPORTANT
WORK, NOT JUST FOR FOLKS ON THE
PENINSULA, BUT FOR THE REGION.
THIS IS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE
THAT SERVES THE ENTIRE REGION
AND IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR
FREIGHT AND OTHER ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT NEEDS FOR OUR ENTIRE
REGION.
IT'S REALLY, I THIS I, IMPORTANT
TO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS IS
DECISIONS WE MAKE ARE BROADER
THAN THE NEEDS OF JUST WEST
SEATTLE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD FOR THOSE REMARKS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON
THE BILL?
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
CHAIR PEDERSEN FOR THE
TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITIES
COMMITTEE AND, OF COURSE, TO
YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, FOR
YOUR ONGOING WORK AND ADVOCACY
IN ADDRESSING THE REGIONAL
IMPACTS OF THE WEST SEATTLE
BRIDGE SAFETY PROJECT AND KNOW
THAT THERE WILL BE A LOT OF
TOUGH DECISIONS COMING BEFORE US
ABOUT THE BRIDGE AND FINANCING
AND ADDRESSING THE LONG-TERM
NEEDS AND IMPACTS OF THAT
FAILING INFRASTRUCTURE AND
REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR ALL'S
ATTENTION TO THE DETAILS AND
ONGOING ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF
NOT JUST DISTRICT ONE AND
PORTIONS OF DISTRICT TWO BUT FOR
THE ENTIRE REGION.
JUST THINK THAT'S ABSOLUTELY
WORTH EMPHASIZING ONE MORE TIME.
SO THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL OF YOUR
WORK, LOOKING FORWARD TO
SUPPORTING THIS PARTICULAR
COUNCIL BILL.
OKAY, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER
COMMENTS ON THE BILL, I WOULD
ASK THAT THE CLERK -- I WILL ASK
THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> HERBOLD?
>>?
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> SHE'S WORKING ON IT.
GIVE HER JUST A MINUTE.
>> YES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> YES.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
OKAY, ITEM 22.
THIS ITEM HAS ALREADY BEEN READ
INTO THE RECORD AND WE HAVE ALSO
ADDRESSED THE SUBSTANCE OF THIS
BILL AND HAD DEBATE.
I WILL MAKE ONE LAST CALL FOR
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS BILL
BEFORE WE CALL IT TO A VOTE.
OKAY, SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS
ON THE BILL, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> YES.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> NO.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
ITEM 23.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ
AGENDA ITEM 23 INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEM 23, COUNCIL BILL
119866, AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES CREATING A RESTRICTED
CASH ACCOUNT FOR DEPOSITING
DONATIONS AND GIFTS,
AUTHORIZING THE GENERAL
MANAGER/CEO OF SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES TO
ACCEPT DONATIONS AND GIFTS INTO
THE ACCOUNT FOR THE PURPOSE OF
PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
TO ITS LOW-INCOME CUSTOMERS.
THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE BILL
PASS.
>> THANK YOU, MADAME CLERK.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, AS CHAIR
OF THE COMMITTEE, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED IN ORDER TO ADDRESS
THIS ITEM.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
SO I'M PLEASED TO PRESENT AND
SUPPORT THIS BILL FROM SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES TO SET UP A
DONATION ACCOUNT.
THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT
SEATTLE CITY LIGHT HAS SO THEY
CAN ACCEPT DONATIONS TO HELP
THEIR LOW-INCOME CUSTOMERS PAY
THEIR BILLS.
AND THIS IS COUNCIL BILL 119866
WHICH WAS APPROVED BY COMMITTEE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THE
BILL?
HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL?
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> YES.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> SAWANT?
>> YES.
>> STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX MY
SIGNATURE TO THE LEGISLATION ON
MY BEHALF.
ITEMS 24 THROUGH 26, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE READ ITEMS 24
THROUGH 26 INTO THE RECORD?
>> AGENDA ITEMS 24 THROUGH 26,
APPOINTMENTS 1598, 1599 AND
1601.
THE APPOINTMENT OF MARIA SUMNER
AS MEMBER SEATTLE PEDESTRIAN
ADVISORY BOARD AND BIANCA
JOHNSON AND ANOTHER FOR TERMS
THROUGH MARCH 31, 2022.
>> THANK YOU, MADAME CLERK.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN, YOU ARE
RECOGNIZED TO ADDRESS THESE
ITEMS.
>> THANK YOU.
ALL THREE OF THESE NEW
APPOINTMENTS VISITED US
VIRTUALLY AT OUR TRANSPORTATION
UTILITIES COMMITTEE ON AUGUST
19.
THEY WENT THROUGH THEIR
BACKGROUNDS AND THEIR INTERESTS
IN SERVING ON THE PEDESTRIAN
ADVISORY BOARD.
IT WAS A REAL TREAT TO HAVE THEM
THERE.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH THEM IF THE REST OF THE
COUNCIL APPROVES THEM TODAY.
THEY WERE APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY
BY OUR COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THE
APPOINTMENTS?
HEARING NONE, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
CONFIRMATION OF THE
APPOINTMENTS?
>> HERBOLD?
>> YES.
>> JUAREZ?
>> AYE.
>> LEWIS?
>> YES.
>> MORALES?
>> YES.
>> MOSQUEDA?
>> YES.
>> PEDERSEN?
>> YES.
>> SAWANT?
STRAUSS?
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT GONZALEZ?
>> AYE.
CLERK, MADAME CLERK, DID YOU GET
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT'S VOTE?
>> YES, I HAD HER AS A YES.
>> OKAY, GREAT, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
APPOINTMENTS ARE CONFIRMED.
OTHER BUSINESS.
IS THERE ANY OTHER FURTHER
BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE
COUNCIL?
OKAY.
HEARING NONE, WE ARE AT THE END
OF OUR AGENDA FOR TODAY.
COLLEAGUES, THIS DOES END THE
AGENDA.
OUR NEXT MEETING IS SEPTEMBER
14, 2020 AT 2:00 P.M.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HARD
WORK.
IT WAS A LONG ONE.
RIGHT AFTER RECESS, I REALLY
APPRECIATE IT.
I HOPE THAT YOU ALL HAVE A
WONDERFUL AFTERNOON.
WE ARE ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU.