>>> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
THE MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER.
THE TIME IS 9:34 A.M.
WILL THE CREW WORK PLEASE CALL
THE ROLE?
>> NINE PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES IF
THERE IS NO OBJECTION.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
MINUTES ARE NOW ADOPTED.
REALLY QUICKLY, COLLEAGUES, IN
TERMS OF THE PRESIDENT'S
REPORT, I DID WANT TO MAKE SOME
COMMENTS AT THE TOP OF TODAY'S
AGENDA.
I'M SURE THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT
HAS BEEN THE TOP OF MIND.
I WANTED TO JUST HIGHLIGHT SOME
SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS THAT I
HAVE RELATED TO THE
DISTRIBUTION OF COVID-19
VACCINATIONS.
IN RECENT DAYS AND WEEKS, I'VE
BECOME INCREASINGLY ALARMED BY
THE WIDENING DISPARITIES IN THE
DISTRIBUTION OF COVID-19
VACCINATIONS AND THE LACK OF
SHOTS MAKING IT INTO THE ARMS
OF FOLDABLE INDIVIDUALS AND
GROUPS.
PARTICULARLY FROM BLACK, BROWN,
INDIGENOUS AND OTHER
COMMUNITIES OF COLORS.
NEWS REPORTS, STATISTICAL
STUDIES, AND ANECDOTAL
INFORMATION ALLTEL IS A DEEPLY
CONCERNING DEVELOPING PROBLEM.
THAT MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES,
PARTICULARLY COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR, LACK ACCESS TO COVID-19
VACCINATIONS.
I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MAYOR
DURKAN'S EFFORTS IN THIS CASE
ARE READY AS WE ALL SAW LAST
WEEK.
SHE DID SEND OUT A MESSAGE TO
US AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
CALLING ON EQUITY TO BE
CENTERED IN COVID-19
DISTRIBUTION STRATEGIES.
I WANT TO THANK HER FOR MAKING
THOSE PUBLIC STATEMENTS AND FOR
MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF US ARE
THINKING CLEARLY ABOUT HOW TO
ENSURE THAT WE ARE CENTERING
EQUITY IN THIS REALLY IMPORTANT
ISSUE.
THERE IS ALSO CLEAR EVIDENCE
THAT OUR COMMUNITIES, ARE
EXPERIENCING THE HIGHEST RATES
OF DEATH, SEVERE ILLNESS, AND
LOSS OF INCOME FROM COVID-19.
SO, THERE ARE COMPOUNDING
NEGATIVE EFFECTS IF WE DO NOT
HAVE INTENTIONAL AND EFFECTIVE
EFFORTS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO
VACCINATIONS IN THESE
COMMUNITIES RIGHT HERE IN OUR
OWN BACKYARD.
WE MUST ADDRESS THIS DEEPLY
INEQUITABLE PROBLEM BY SHIFTING
AND IMPROVING OUR GOVERNMENT'S
VACCINE DISTRIBUTION METHOD,
AND THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
THE CITY OF SEATTLE EAT HELP
COLLABORATE ON SOLUTIONS.
OVER THE WEEKEND MY OFFICE
BEGAN WORK ON SEVERAL POTENTIAL
ACTIONABLE'S TO ADDRESS THE
ISSUE OF COVID-19 VACCINATION
DISTRIBUTION WITHIN OUR OWN
COMMUNITY.
I'M WORKING FIRST ON A
RESOLUTION THAT WILL
PRIMATOLOGIST OUR COMMUNITIES --
THAT OUR COMMUNITIES ARE FACING
IN ACCESSING AVAILABLE
VACCINATIONS AND ACKNOWLEDGE
THE DISPARITIES THAT ARE MOST
PRONOUNCED FOR COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR AND LOW ENGLISH
PROFICIENCY OR NON-ENGLISH-
SPEAKING COMMUNITIES.
ALSO, RESIDENTS.
THIS RESOLUTION WILL ARTICULATE
THE CITY OF SEATTLE'S
PRINCIPLES AND GOALS TOWARD
IMPROVING THE EQUITY FRAMEWORK
OF OUR REGIONS AND STATES TO
THE VACCINE DISTRIBUTION
METHODS, BUT IN PARTICULAR
FOCUSING ON WHAT THE CITY OF
SEATTLE BELIEVE SHOULD BE OUR
EQUITY PRINCIPLES AS A RELATES
TO VACCINE DISTRIBUTION.
NEXT, THIS RESOLUTION WILL PUT
FORTH AN ANTICIPATED PLAN FOR
IMPROVING COVID-19 VACCINE
ACCESS FOR MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES HERE IN SEATTLE,
AND HOPEFULLY ACROSS THE STATE
AND THE COUNTY.
MY INTENTION IS TO HAVE
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS
RESOLUTION OVER THE NEXT WEEK
AND TO ALLOW THE CITY COUNCIL
AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER ON
NEXT WEEK'S INTRODUCTION AND
REFERRAL CALENDAR, AS WELL AS
FOR POTENTIAL FINAL ACTION AT
THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA FOR
FINAL ACTION NEXT MONDAY.
IN ADDITION, MY OFFICE IS
ORGANIZING A SET OF PANELS TO
PARTICIPATE IN A PROBLEM-
SOLVING DIALOGUE AT THE NEXT
MEETING OF THE GOVERNANCE AND
EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
THESE WILL INCLUDE A
COMBINATION OF INFECTED
INDIVIDUALS, COMMUNITY HEALTH
PROVIDERS, AND HOPEFULLY SOME
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WE WILL BE
ABLE TO ASK IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
TO FOR THE SAKE OF TRANSPARENCY
AND FOR THE SAKE OF
UNDERSTANDING MORE BROADLY WHAT
IS GOING RIGHT, AND WHAT IS
GOING WRONG.
FINALLY, MY OFFICE IS LOOKING
AT PURSUING EMERGENCY
LEGISLATION THAT WILL ENSURE
CITY OF SEATTLE RESOURCES ARE
BEING DEDICATED TO THE
COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND
ENGAGEMENT EFFORT THAT IS
NECESSARY IN ORDER TO ENSURE
THAT THESE FOLDABLE RESIDENTS
HAVE CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW
TO ACCESS COVID-19 VACCINATIONS
WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE.
THIS IS IMPORTANT SO THAT WE
CAN ASSIST OUR PARTNERS IN
GOVERNMENT AND THE HEALTHCARE
SYSTEM TO EFFECTIVELY DELIVER
VACCINATIONS TO THOSE THAT NEED
THE MOST AND IN ORDER TO DO
THAT WE MUST BE ABLE TO PREPARE
MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO
ARE REALLY STRUGGLING PROBABLY
TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO EVEN BEGIN
THE PROCESS.
OF EVALUATING WHETHER A
VACCINATION IS AVAILABLE TO
THEM.
WE MUST GIVE THEM THE TOOLS
THAT THEY NEED THEIR KNOWLEDGE
AND DEEP COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
AND OUTREACH.
WE DID THIS KIND OF DEEP WORK
WHEN WE WORKED ON THE CENSUS
STRUCTURE HERE AT THE CITY.
I THINK WE NEED TO REPLICATE
THAT MODEL IN ORDER TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE ARE REACHING
DEEPLY INTO THESE COMMUNITIES
WHO ARE VERY CONFUSED, VERY
FRIGHTENED, AND ARE LOSING
RELATIVES EVERY DAY TO THIS
PANDEMIC.
SO, THIS WILL BE A LARGE
EFFORT, AND I WANT TO WELCOME
EVERYONE'S INPUT IN
COLLABORATION, SO I WANT TO
ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO REACH
OUT TO ME. I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO
REACH OUT TO YOU IN THE NEXT
FEW DAYS SO THAT WE CAN ALL
COME TOGETHER, FIND COMMON
GROUND HERE, AND COMMON
PURPOSE, AND ADVANCE THE
CITYWIDE STRATEGY TOGETHER.
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
ADDRESSING THIS REALLY
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT EQUITY AND
PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE THAT I KNOW
MANY OF YOU JUST LIKE ME,
CONTINUE TO HEAR SIGNIFICANT
CONCERNS ABOUT FROM MEMBERS OF
THE COMMUNITY.
SO, I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING
MORE CONVERSATIONS WITH EACH OF
YOU AFTER TODAY'S COUNCIL
BRIEFING AND LOOK FORWARD TO
ROLLING UP OUR SLEEVES AND
GETTING TO WORK ON THIS REALLY
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT ISSUE.
COLLEAGUES, I DID WANT TO LET
YOU KNOW THAT I DID LET MEMBERS
OF OIR KNOW THAT I WAS GOING TO
BE MAKING THESE COMMENTS.
I HAVE INVITED THEM TO ALSO
PROVIDE US WITH THE BENEFIT OF
ANY KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION
THAT THEY GATHER FROM OUR STATE
AND COUNTY PARTNERS AS WE ALL
COME TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THIS
REALLY CRITICALLY IMPORTANT
ISSUE.
I THINK WHAT WE WANT TO AVOID
IS PEOPLE FEELING LIKE THEY ARE
BEING ASKED TO PARTICIPATE IN
THE HUNGER GAMES AS A RESULT OF
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
ACCESS THIS VACCINATION AND TO
HEAR STORIES THAT HIDE DONORS
ARE PRIVATE HOSPITALS WERE
GIVEN FIRST DIBS ON VACCINATIONS
REGARDLESS OF THE PHASE
APPROACH.
THAT IS JUST ABHORRENT.
THERE HAS TO BE CONSEQUENCES
FOR THAT.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE HAVE TO BE
INTENTIONAL IN THIS SPACE AROUND
CENTERING EQUITY AND MAKE IT TO
THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN
OUR COMMUNITY ARE GETTING
ACCESS TO THOSE VACCINES FIRST,
AND THAT STARTS WITH MAKING
SURE THAT WE ARE ALL ON THE
SAME PAGE AS IT RELATES TO
THOSE EQUITY GOALS, AND THAT
WHEN YOU ARE EQUIPPING OUR
COMMUNITY WITH THE INFORMATION
THEY NEED AND THE TOOLS THEY
NEED TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO
ACCESS THE VACCINATIONS.
WHEN IT IS AVAILABLE TO THEM.
I LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING
WITH ALL OF YOU ON THIS REALLY
IMPORTANT WORK THAT I KNOW IS
OF HUGE SIGNIFICANCE IN ALL OF
THE DISTRICTS AND ACROSS THE
CITY AND ACROSS THE STATE.
SO, I WILL CLOSE OUT MY REMARKS
THERE.
HAPPY TO HEAR ANY COMMENTS,
OTHER COMMENTS, AND IF THERE
ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS, AT THE
TOP OF THE AGENDA TODAY, WE'LL
GO AHEAD AND DIG INTO OUR NEXT
AGENDA ITEM.
COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS?
OKAY.
HEARING NONE, WE WILL GO AHEAD
AND BEGIN THE OTHER ITEMS OF
BUSINESS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
>>> WE DO HAVE A RATHER FULL
AGENDA TODAY.
WE ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM OIR
FIRST.
THEN, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO
A PRESENTATION ON THE BLACK
BRIGANCE RESEARCH PROJECT TO
LIMIT HER REPORT.
WE DO HAVE SEVERAL GUESTS WITH
US THIS MORNING THAT ARE GOING
TO RUN THROUGH THEIR REPORT AND
A PRESENTATION.
SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'M
GOING TO HANDED OVER TO LILY
WILSON-CODEGA, DIRECTOR OF OUR
OFFICE OF INTERNAL RELATIONS
WAS GOING TO PROVIDE US WITH A
STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION
UPDATE., I'LL HANDED OVER TO
LILY SO SHE CAN INTRODUCE
OURSELVES.
SO WE CAN MAKE SURE WE GET YOUR
NAMES, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
>> LILY WILSON-CODEGA, DIRECTOR
OF THE OFFICE OF
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS.
I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO
ROBIN NEXT.
>> ROBIN KOSKEY, DEPUTY
DIRECTOR .
>> QUINN MAJESKI, STATE
RELATIONS DIRECTOR.
>> 1020.
>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT AND COUNCIL MEMBERS,
WE ARE BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH A
STATE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE WITH
ONE MONTH DOWN AND
APPROXIMATELY THREE TO GO IN
THE REMAINDER OF THIS LONG,
VERY LONG 105 DAY VIRTUAL
LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
I DO WANT TO NOTE, WE ARE
WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY TO KEEP
OUR TIME AND OUR BRIEFING TODAY
TO I BELIEVE 10:05.
WE ARE HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS.
WE MAY MOVE THROUGH OUR
SECTIONS RATHER QUICKLY, BUT WE
WILL STAY AS LONG AS YOU WOULD
LIKE FOR QUESTIONS.
JUST LAST WEEK A FEW HIGHLIGHTS.
A GOOD WEEK FOR FIREARM SAFETY
WITH BILLS RESTRICTING HIGH-
CAPACITY MAGAZINES AND ARMED
INTIMIDATION OF PUBLIC
DEMONSTRATIONS JOIN THOUSANDS
OF SIGN IN SOME PUBLIC HEALTH
EXPERTS, CONCERNED MEDICAL
PROFESSIONALS, PARENTS AND
ADVOCATES FROM ACROSS THE
COUNTRY HAVE LOST CHILDREN TO
GUN VIOLENCE.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO THANK
CHIEF DIAZ FOR HIS EXCELLENT
TESTIMONY.
I BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER MORALES
ALSO SPOKE -- TESTIFY THIS
WEEK IN OLYMPIA AS WELL.
OR, VIRTUAL OLYMPIA.
I APPRECIATE HER TESTIMONY AS
WELL.
THE LEGISLATIVE IS ALSO
EXPLORING HOUSE BILL 1064 WHICH
WOULD REQUIRE EQUITY IMPACT
STATEMENTS IN THE LEGISLATURE.
KIND OF MODELED ON THE RACHEL
EQUITY TOOLKIT THAT THE CITY
COUNCIL HAS SPEARHEADED.
SOME REALLY INTERESTING
DISCUSSIONS MOVING FORWARD
THERE.
A BIG WEEK FOR REVENUE WITH
REPRESENTATIVE FRAMES WITH TAX
DROPPING AND THERE IS MORE OF
THAT IN THE NEXT REPORT.
I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO
QUINN.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBERS.
I WILL ENDEAVOR TO BE BRIEF AND
WE WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF
YOU HAVE THEM.
IN THE BUDGET AND REVENUE
SPACE, I WANT TO START WITH AN
UPDATE ON THE FEDERAL FUNDING
EARLY ACTION COVID BILL.
THIS IS HOUSE BILL 1368.
THE HOUSE BILL VERSION WAS HEARD
OUT OF COMMITTEE LAST WEEK.
IT IS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR A
HEARING IN THE SENATE IN
ANTICIPATION OF IT PASSING THE
FULL HOUSE, THERE IS ALSO
HEARING SCHEDULED ON THE SENATE
VERSION.
TOMORROW.
WITH EXECUTIVE SESSIONS SLATED
FOR THURSDAY.
I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF
INTEREST IN HOW FUNDING FOR
RENTAL ASSISTANCE, UTILITY
ASSISTANCE, AND DISTRIBUTION OF
VACCINES AND OTHER PUBLIC
HEALTH RESPONSE WILL FLOW,
ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO THE
CITY.
THERE REMAINS I THINK A LACK OF
CLARITY IN THAT REGARD,
ALTHOUGH WE ARE WORKING --
DOING OUR BEST TO SECURE MORE
INFORMATION THERE, AND WILL
PROVIDE IT AS SOON AS IT IS
AVAILABLE.
GONE TO HOUSE BILL 1406, THIS IS
REPRESENTATIVE FRAMES.
THIS IS HER WEALTH TAX PROPOSAL.
IN ESSENCE, IT WOULD INSTITUTE
A 1% TAX ON FINANCIAL
INTANGIBLE ASSETS.
THIS WOULD BE CASH AND CASH
EQUIVALENTS AS WELL AS A WHOLE
HOST OF FINANCIAL ASSETS.
STOCKS, BONDS, OTHER CERTIFIED
FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS.
IT EXEMPTS THE FIRST $1 MILLION
OF ASSESSED VALUE ON WORLDWIDE
WEALTH.
IT APPLIES TO PERSONS OR, AS
THE PERSON DEFINES, ARTIFICIAL
PERSONS, WHICH INCLUDES MOST
CORPORATIONS.
THAT OUR DOMICILES IN THE STATE
OF WASHINGTON.
I WILL PAUSE THERE, AND TAKE
ANY QUESTIONS ON BUDGET AND
REVENUE.
>> I SEE ONE QUESTION ALREADY.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT
FOR USING YOUR RAISE YOUR HAND
FEATURE.
I DO WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO
USE THAT FUNCTION ON ZOOM TO
GET INTO THE QUEUE IF YOU HAVE
ANY QUESTIONS.
FIRST UP IS COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
PLEASE, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU.
MY QUESTION IS, SOMETHING THAT
I HAD ASKED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO
I THINK.
WHEN QUINN AND THE OIR WERE
REPRESENTING ABOUT THIS, I SEE
THAT THE WEALTH TAX BILL HAS
BEEN PUT FORWARD, BUT I
CONTINUE TO BE EXTREMELY
CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT IS GOING
TO HAPPEN IN TERMS OF EITHER
PREEMPTION ON MUNICIPAL BIG
BUSINESS TAXES, OR IN SOME
SHAPE OR FORM, UNDERMINING THE
BIG BUSINESS TAX THAT THE CITY
COUNCIL PASSED LAST YEAR.
THE AMAZON TAX.
IT'S NOT ONLY ABOUT PREEMPTION,
IT'S ALSO ABOUT ANY
POSSIBILITIES OF FADING OUT, OR
IN ANY WAY, IN ANY OTHER WAY
LIMITING, I'M SURE MY
IMAGINATION IS NOT CAPTIONING
THE POSSIBLE WAYS IN WHICH THAT
COULD BE.
JUST FROM A STANDPOINT OF
STRATEGY, I WOULD EXPECT THAT
THE BILL WOULD NOT HAVE
PREEMPTION.
WHICH AS OIR SHARED WITH US
LAST WEEK, ABOUT THE BILL, IT
IS NOT THERE RIGHT NOW.
I WOULD BE EXTREMELY WORRIED
THAT IT WILL BE SLIPPED INTO
THE BILL LATER IN THE PROCESS
AS AN AMENDMENT WHEN THINGS ARE
MUCH FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD. SO,
MY QUESTION IS ONE, WHAT IS OIR
HEARING ABOUT THIS?
ALSO, I WANTED TO ASK, WHAT
KIND OF ADVOCACY HAS THE OFFICE
, OUR OFFICE, THE CITY OF
SEATTLE OFFICE, AND THE
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, CARRIED
OUT TO OPPOSE IT?
IN YOUR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
CONVERSATIONS WITH STATE
LAWMAKERS, HAVE YOU EMPHASIZED
IT, AND I WOULD JUST SAY THAT
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE
EMPHASIZE IT NOW, NOT WHEN
THINGS ARE ABOUT TO HAPPEN AND
GO DOWN A BAD ROAD.
SO, EVEN IF THINGS ARE NOT
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, AND EVEN
IF LAWMAKERS ARE SAYING, WELL
NO, WE ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING.
I STILL THINK WE NEED TO
ABSOLUTELY KEEP EMPHASIZING
THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO KNOW HOW WE
ARE DOING THAT, AND ALSO IF
THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
JUSTIFY COMING UP, I ABSOLUTELY
WOULD WANT MY OFFICE TO BE
THERE TO TESTIFY.
>> THANKS SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
HAPPY TO PROVIDE A QUICK
UPDATE.
WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT THE
STATEWIDE PAYROLL TAX
LEGISLATION, THE HIGHER EARNERS
PAYROLL TAX LEGISLATION WILL BE
INTRODUCED IN THE NEXT COUPLE
OF WEEKS.
I THINK THE EXACT TIMING IS
STILL TO BE DETERMINED.
THIS IS THE SPRINGER LECTURE
SESSION.
AS YOU IDENTIFIED, THE CURRENT
ITERATION DOESN'T INCLUDE ANY
SORT OF PREEMPTION OR REDUCTION
IN THE CITY'S AUTHORITY.
IN TERMS OF THE ADVOCACY THAT
THE CITY IS DOING, AS WE HAVE
BEEN MEETING WITH MEMBERS OF
THE SEATTLE DELEGATION, AS WELL
AS BUDGET LEADERS IN BOTH
CHAMBERS, WE CONTINUE TO
EMPHASIZE THAT THE LOCAL
MEASURE THAT WE HAVE ADOPTED
HERE IS GOING TO AFFECT US
HERE.
IT IS BOOKED IN THE BUDGET.
REDUCING THE CITY'S REVENUE
WOULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AND
RELIGIOUS IMPACT ON OUR ABILITY
TO PROVIDE KEY SERVICES,
ESPECIALLY, ESPECIALLY DURING A
PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.
SO, I DO ASSURE YOU THAT THAT
IS SOMETHING THAT WE CONTINUE
TO EMPHASIZE IN OUR MEETINGS
WITH KEY LEGISLATORS.
>> THANK YOU.
JUST TO ADD.
AGAIN, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE
OTHER ASPECT AS WELL.
WE WANT THE STATEWIDE
PROGRESSIVE REVENUES AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE TO BE RAISED,
OBVIOUSLY AS YOU SAID,
ESPECIALLY IN THE CASE OF A
PANDEMIC.
SUCH ENORMOUSLY COMPOUNDED
SUFFERING FOR OUR PEOPLE.
SO, WE WELCOME ANY OF THOSE
PROGRESSIVE TAXES RELIEF.
CAPITAL GAINS TAX, OR WEALTH
TAX ON BILLIONAIRES.
TAX ON PAYROLL.
WE WELCOME ANY AND ALL OF THAT.
WE NEED THOSE TAXES TO BE
PASSED.
BUT, WE NEED THAT ON TOP OF THE
SEATTLE TAX.
WE DISAGREE WITH THE COMMENTS
THAT ARE BEING MADE BY SOME OF
THE LAWMAKERS THAT THIS WOULD
BE SOMEHOW DOUBLE TAXATION.
I MEAN SALES AND TAX ARE BOTH
REGRESSIVE AND LAND ON POOR
PEOPLE AND WORKING-CLASS
PEOPLE.
THEY ARE NOT EVEN DOUBLE.
IN FACT, MORE THAN DOUBLE TAX.
ORDINARY PEOPLE PAY.
WE DON'T ACCEPT THAT LOGIC.
WE WANT THE CITY TAX AND WE
WANT THE STATE TAXES.
>> YES, AND I DID NOT MENTION
WE ARE OPPOSING THE STATEWIDE
PAYROLL TAX CONCEPT.
WE CERTAINLY ARE NOT PART OF
THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AS LONG
AS THE -- THERE IS NOT A IMPACT
OR PREEMPTION TO THE CITY.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT CERTAINLY
WE ARE SUPPORTING.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT, OKAY,
LET'S SEE.
NEXT UP, LET ME MAKE SURE WE
GET THIS ORDER HERE.
IS COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT.
I JUST HAVE A COUPLE FOLLOW-UP
QUESTIONS ON THE WEALTH TAX.
I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE THE
WEALTH TAX FORMALLY INTRODUCED.
I READ SOME OF THE REPORTING
OVER THE WEEKEND ABOUT THIS
BILL.
I WONDER, QUINN, JUST TO FOLLOW
UP ON A POINT THAT YOU MADE, I
WASN'T AWARE THAT THIS TAX
WOULD ALSO APPLY TO CORPORATIONS
DOMICILED IN THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON, OR AT LEAST THAT
WASN'T CLEAR FROM THE COVERAGE
I READ.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT HOW THAT WOULD WORK?
FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE AMAZON, WHICH
ONE OF THE STATES HIS DOMICILE
IS WASHINGTON STATE.
A 1% ANNUAL TAX ON AMAZON'S
ASSETS WOULD BE HUGE.
TO THE STATE COFFERS.
BUT, WOULD IT ONLY BE THINGS
THAT ARE LIKE IN THE STATE?
OR, WOULD IT BE THE GLOBAL
FOOTPRINT OF AMAZON?
BECAUSE THE COVERAGE I READ WAS
MOSTLY TALKING ABOUT
INDIVIDUALS, BUT OBVIOUSLY IF
IT ALSO APPLIES TO
CORPORATIONS, THAT IS A VERY --
COULD BE A VERY BIG REVENUE
DRIVER.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THE TAXIS LEVIED ON WORLDWIDE
WEALTH.
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE
WEALTH IS SORT OF HELD OR
GENERATED IN THE STATE OF
WSHINGTON, THE TAX IS LEVIED
ON WORLDWIDE WEALTH FOR
INDIVIDUALS OR ARTIFICIAL
PERSONS WHO ARE DOMICILED IN
WASHINGTON.
>> THANK YOU.
JUST A QUICK FOLLOW-UP.
HOW DOES THIS PROPOSAL COMPARE
TO WEALTH TAXES BEING DISCUSSED
IN OTHER STATES?
I KNOW THAT CALIFORNIA IS
CONSIDERING A WEALTH TAX.
DO WE KNOW IF THIS IS -- IF WE
HAVE A FAIRLY STANDARD PROPOSAL
AND MORE AMBITIOUS, LESS
AMBITIOUS?
THEN WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED IN
OTHER PLACES?
>> I WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK TO
YOU ON THAT.
I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO DO
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF OTHER
WEALTH TAXES AND OTHER STATES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HAPPY TO DO SO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR QUINN
ON REVENUE?
OKAY, HEARING NONE, LET'S
CONTINUE.
>>> I'LL HAND IT OFF TO HANNAH
SMITH FOR EDUCATION.
>> THANKS, QUINN.
A COUPLE EDUCATION BILLS
CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE
PROCESS THAT WE ARE MONITORING.
1121 WHICH ALLOWS THE EDUCATION
TO WAIVE SOME GRADUATION
REQUIREMENTS DURING THE
PANDEMIC PAST THE HOUSE AND IT
IS SCHEDULED FOR A PUBLIC
HEARING IN THE SENATE THIS
WEEK.
THE CHILD CARE LICENSING BILL
PASSED SENATE EARLY EDUCATION
WITH AN AMENDMENT CONCERNING
THE CANCELLATION OF FEES AND
HAS BEEN REFERRED TO WAYS AND
MEANS.
THAT'S THE BILL THAT TAKES AWAY
THE LICENSING FEES FOR
CHILDCARE PROVIDERS.
THE ACT BY SENATOR WILSON AND
REPRESENTATIVE SEN PROMOTES A
VARIETY OF EARLY EDUCATION
INVESTMENTS.
BOTH VERSIONS OF THE BILL WERE
HEARD EARLIER IN THE SESSION.
THEY ARE EXPECTED TO BE EXACT
OUT THIS WEEK.
THERE'S CONTINUED CONVERSATION
ABOUT THE COST OF THOSE, BUT
THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD VERY
WELL.
FINALLY, HEALTH BILL 50 -- 5044
AS EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND
INCLUSION, AND ANTIRACISM
TRAINING TO SCHOOL STAFF.
IT DIRECTS SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO
PRIORITIZE ONE OF THEIR THREE
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING DAYS TO
FOCUS ON THOSE TOPICS, AND THAT
PASSED THE SENATE LAST WEEK 30-
19.
THOSE ARE THE BIG UPDATES ON
EDUCATION.
I'LL PAUSE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
>> COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS
FOR HANNAH?
ALL RIGHT, LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE
NO QUESTIONS.
YOU CAN CONTINUE.
>> MOVING ONTO ENVIRONMENT.
THERE IS NOT A SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNT TO REPORT THIS WEEK ON
ENVIRONMENT.
SEVERAL OF THE HIGH-PROFILE
CASES OF LEGISLATION INCLUDING
BUILDING DECARBONIZATION 1084,
AND 5126, AND 5141 ALL HAD
HEARINGS LAST WEEK.
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK GOING ON
IN THE BACKGROUND AS THE LEAD
SPONSORS AND ADVOCATES RECEIVE
AND INCORPORATE FEEDBACK THERE.
THE ONE THING I WOULD HIGHLIGHT
IS THE CLEAN FUEL STANDARDS.
BILL 1091 HAS A HEARING THIS
WEEK IN APPROPRIATIONS AFTER
PASSING OUT OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL ENERGY COMMITTEE.
THAT'S COMING UP THIS THURSDAY
AT 3:30.
>> I'LL PAUSE THERE FOR
QUESTIONS ON ENVIRONMENT.
>> COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS ON
ENVIRONMENT?
ALL RIGHT, HEARING NONE, LET'S
CONTINUE.
>> THEN, IN GENERAL GOVERNMENT,
JUST TWO QUICK HIGHLIGHTS.
HOUSE BILL 1016, MAKING [
INDISCERNIBLE ] A LEGAL HOLIDAY
HAS A HEARING COMING UP TODAY
AT 3:30.
ANOTHER BILL, SCROLLING DOWN A
BIT, HOUSE BILL 1258 MICRO
ENTERPRISE HOME KITCHENS, WHICH
IS I KNOW OF INTEREST TO
SEVERAL COUNCILMEMBERS, THAT
WAS SCHEDULED FOR A HEARING
LAST FRIDAY, HOWEVER BECAUSE OF
TIME RUNNING OVER ON OF THE
BILLS IN THE AGENDA, IT HAD TO
GET MOVED.
IT IS NOW UP FOR A HEARING
TOMORROW.
SO, JUST SOMETHING TO BE
MINDFUL OF AS I KNOW IT'S OF
INTEREST FOR NUMEROUS OFFICES.
I'LL PAUSE THERE FOR QUESTIONS
ON GENERAL GOVERNMENT.
>> ANY QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES?
OKAY.
I'M NOT SEEING ANY HANDS RAISED
SO WE CAN KEEP GOING, QUINN.
>> I HANDED OFF TO HANNAH ON
HEALTHCARE.
>> JUMPING OVER TO HEALTHCARE.
1074, WHICH ALLOWS SUICIDE AND
OVERDOSE TOTALITY REVIEWS
SIMILAR TO MORE CANDIDLY
REVIEWS MOVED OUT OF COMMITTEE
WITH STRONG SUPPORT AND IS NOW
IN RULES.
ANOTHER BIG ONE WE ARE
FOLLOWING IS HOUSE BILL 5068,
POSTPARTUM MEDICAID THAT PASSED
LAST YEAR, BUT NEEDS TO GO
THROUGH THE PROCESS AGAIN
BECAUSE OF THE VETO AT THE END
OF THE SESSION.
THAT MOVED OUT OF SENATE
HEALTHCARE AND HAS BEEN
REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS.
THE OPIOID REVERSAL MEDICATION
BILL THAT WE ARE TRACKING ALSO
MOVED ALONG THIS WEEK, OR LAST
WEEK, OUT OF THE SENATE
HEALTHCARE SUBCOMMITTEE ON
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.
THOSE ARE SOME QUICK UPDATES ON
HEALTHCARE.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ONE
QUESTION, A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON
HEALTHCARE.
COUNCILMEMBER, MOSQUEDA, AND
THEN HERBOLD.
GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR THE SUMMARY ON HEALTH.
OBVIOUSLY LAST YEAR WAS A
REALLY TOUGH TIME AT THE VERY
END OF SESSION WITH THE COVID
CRISIS JUST HITTING OUR
COMMUNITIES.
THE CONCERN ABOUT THE POTENTIAL
IMPACTS ON OUR LOCAL ECONOMY.
THANKFULLY WE DIDN'T HAVE AS
MUCH AT ECONOMIC HIT TO THE
REVENUE FORECAST AT THE LOCAL
AND STATE LEVEL AS ORIGINALLY
ANTICIPATED.
I KNOW THAT THAT THERE WAS A
REASON THAT THERE WAS A VETO
FOR THE POSTPARTUM MEDICAID
BILL.
IF YOU COULD GO BACK TO THAT
BILL REAL QUICK.
I KNOW THAT THIS ALSO RECEIVED
BROAD SUPPORT LAST YEAR AND
THANKS TO THE CITY OF SEATTLE
FOR WEIGHING IN.
HAVING WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE
FOLKS WHO ARE PART OF THAT
COALITION, JUST WANTED TO ECHO
OUR ONGOING SUPPORT.
WE'VE ALREADY MENTIONED THAT
WE'VE BEEN WAITING IN SUPPORT.
TO ANTICIPATE THAT THERE WILL
BE ANY CONCERNS REGARDING THE
BILL AGAIN IN THE END AS A
RELATES TO FUNDING, OR DO YOU
FEEL LIKE THERE IS GENERAL
úSENSE, OR CONSENSUS THAT IF
THIS DOES GO TO THE GOVERNOR'S
DEATH IT WILL BE ABLE TO BE
IMPLEMENT IT?
>> I THINK WE ARE OPTIMISTIC
THIS YEAR.
SINCE IT MADE IT THROUGH SO
FAR.
AS YOU MENTIONED, THE REVENUE
FORECAST HAS STABILIZED SINCE
THE END OF THE YEAR.
I'M HOPEFUL, BUT WE WILL
CONTINUALLY MONITORING AND
ADVOCATING.
IT WOULD BE A GREAT POLICY TO
ACTUALLY GET THIS YEAR.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, WAS
THAT THE ONLY QUESTION YOU HAD?
OKAY, GREAT.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU.
JUST ALSO INTERESTED IN THE
BILL RELATED TO MENSTRUAL
PRODUCTS.
SPECIFICALLY I KNOW IN ADDITION
TO LOOKING AT THE IMPACTS OF
THOSE COSTS.
ON USES.
WE HAD ALSO TALKED ABOUT
EXPANDING THE SCOPE OF THIS
BILL TO ALSO INCLUDE DIAPERS.
I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT THE
STATUS IS ON THAT.
>> I'LL GET BACK TO ON THE
DIAPERS THING.
I DON'T THINK IT'S INCLUDED
NOW, BUT THE NEXT ONE MIGHT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
ALL RIGHT, LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE
NO OTHER QUESTIONS, HANNAH.
>> I'M PASSING IT OFF TO ROBIN
FOR HOUSING.
>> JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ON
THE HOUSING FOREFRONT,
REPRESENTATIVE OR WALL IS
WORKING ON A SUITE OF
FORECLOSURE PREVENTION BILLS.
HOUSE BILL 1108, AND EARLY
ACTION BILL THAT WOULD FUND THE
SYSTEMS FOR HOMEOWNERS
NAVIGATING THROUGH THE
FORECLOSURE PROJECT PASSED OUT
OF THE HOUSE UNANIMOUSLY ON
FRIDAY AND IT'S ON ITS WAY OVER
TO THE SENATE.
THAT IS GOOD NEWS, BUT WE DO
EXPECT THERE WILL BE ANOTHER
BILL THAT WILL DROP POSSIBLY
THIS WEK ADDRESSING
FORECLOSURES.
I ALSO JUST WANTED TO LET YOU
KNOW THAT DOCUMENT RECORDING
FEES THAT WOULD GENERATE AT
LEAST AN ADDITIONAL $100 MILLION
FOR HOMELESSNESS SERVICES AND
RENT ASSISTANCE PASSED OUT OF
THE HOUSE AND HUMAN SERVICES
AND VETERANS COMMITTEE.
IT WAS AMENDED IN THAT
COMMITTEE WITH A PROVISION THAT
SAYS THAT THE MONEY THAT IS
GENERATED MUST BE AWARDED
PROPORTIONALLY TO THE AMOUNT
GENERATED IN THE COUNTY THAT IS
RECEIVING THE MONEY.
THAT WOULD MEAN THAT THESE
GENERATE -- THE PROPORTION OF
FEES GENERATED IN KING COUNTY
WOULD NEED TO BE USED IN KING
COUNTY, WHICH I BELIEVE IS
LIKELY TO RESULT IN PROBABLY
SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
COMING TO KING COUNTY.
THAT BILL IS IN APPROPRIATIONS.
THAT'S ALL I HAD TODAY IN AN
EFFORT TO BE BRIEF.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I
MOVE ONTO POLICE REFORM.
>> ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HOUSING?
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
JUST WONDERING, HAD RECEIVED
SOME NOTIFICATION FROM
STAKEHOLDERS AND ORGANIZATIONS
A FEW WEEKS AGO.
THEY ARE INTERESTED IN MEETING
TO DISCUSS THEIR CHANCE HOUSING
IMPLEMENTATION AT THE STATE.
I'M GETTING SOME INDICATION
THAT THAT THAT MAY NOT BE
MOVING FORWARD THE SESSION.
CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THAT?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD I'M
GOING TO HAVE TO CHECK INTO
THAT AND LET YOU KNOW.
I WILL GET BACK TO YOU LATER
TODAY ON THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, ROBIN, THANK YOU
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON HOUSING?
ALL RIGHT, LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE
NO OTHER HANDS UP.
LET'S KEEP GOING.
>> COUNCILMEMBERS THERE IS A
LOT OF ACTIVITY STILL ON THE
POLICE REFORM FOREFRONT.
THIS WEEK, THE GOVERNOR'S
INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIONS
BILL, HOUSE BILL 1267 HIS UPPER
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S OFFICE FOR
SUBMITTING SOME WRITTEN
TESTIMONY ON THAT BILL THIS
WEEK.
THEN, ALSO, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES TESTIFIED ON USE OF
FORCE ON FRIDAY MORNING.
THAT BILL IS ALSO UPPER
EXECUTIVE SESSION THIS WEEK.
THE DECERTIFICATION BILL
CONTINUED TO MOVE ALONG THROUGH
THE PROCESS.
IT IS TODAY SCHEDULED FOR A
HEARING IN THE WAYS IN MEANS
COMMITTEE AT 4:00.
I DO BELIEVE THERE IS A HOUSE
AND A SENATE VERSION OF THAT
BILL, AND THE SENATE BILL IS
THE ONE THAT IS MOVING FORWARD.
SENATE BILL 5066, SENATOR DUTY
TO ENTER BILL BILL IS ALSO BEING
HEARD AT THAT SAME HEARING THIS
AFTERNOON.
IT CONTINUES TO BE QUITE A BIT
OF FOCUS ON POLICE REFORM AND
OIR IS CLOSELY MONITORING THE
PROGRESS OF ALL OF THE MORE
THAN 20 BILLS THAT ARE MOVING
IN THE LEGISLATURE.
>> COLLEAGUES, QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS ON POLICE REFORM?
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, PLEASE.
>> JUST WONDERING SINCE
TESTIMONY ON THE HOUSE VERSION
OF THE BILL WEEK BEFORE LAST,
RELATED TO IMPEACHMENT OF
OFFICERS, WHAT WE REFER TO AS
THE BRADY LIST.
SOME REQUESTS TO MAKE SOME
SPECIFIC CHANGES TO THAT BILL,
SPECIFIC CHANGES THAT
POTENTIALLY COULD REMOVE SOME
LIMITATIONS THAT LAW
ENFORCEMENT HAS IN MAKING
DECISIONS ABOUT OFFICERS THAT
ARE APPROPRIATE TO HIRE, OR NOT.
AS WELL AS ALLOWANCES FOR
MANAGEMENT TO RELIEVE THEIR
POLICE DEPARTMENT OF OFFICERS
WHO ARE ON THE BRADY LIST FOR
GOOD REASONS.
I'M JUST WONDERING, IF THERE
HAVE BEEN ANY SHIFTS TO THE
LANGUAGE?
SINCE THE HOUSE HEARING.
>> SO FAR, THERE HAVE NOT,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
WE HAVE ALSO BEEN TALKING WITH
THE SENATOR WHO IS WORKING ON
THAT BILL AND SO FAR WE HAVE
NOT GOTTEN ANY AMENDMENTS, BUT
I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AS WELL
WITH A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION
ON THAT OFF-LINE TOO.
>> THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
OKAY, LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE IONS?
NONE.
SO, THANK YOU.
>> ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY FRONT,
LAST WEEK WAS QUITE AN ACTIVE
WEEK IN THE LEGISLATURE.
GUN RESPONSIBILITY MEASURES THE
SESSION ARE FOCUSING QUITE A
BIT GIVEN THE TIME AND PLACE WE
ARE IN HISTORY.
ON ADDRESSING ARMED
INTIMIDATION.
ANOTHER BILL THAT IS SORT OF A
COMPANION TO THE BILL THAT
CHIEF DIAZ TESTIFIED ON, 5038,
THAT WOULD PROHIBIT OPEN CARRY
OF A FIREARM OR OTHER WEAPONS
AT THE STATE CAPITAL, OR IN ANY
PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION, IS HOUSE
BILL 12 83 WHICH WOULD MAKE
OPEN CARRY OF DEADLY WEAPONS IN
A MANNER THAT WOULD MAKE A
REASONABLE PERSON FEEL
THREATENED OF A CRIME OF
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF.
THAT IS BEING HELD IN THE HOUSE
CIVIL RIGHTS IN JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE TOMORROW MORNING.
I THINK THAT THAT IS ALL I HAVE
THIS WEEK.
>> A LOT THERE, I KNOW, ROBIN.
WE APPRECIATE YOU HIGHLIGHTING
THE ONES THAT ARE SORT OF HIGH
LEVEL, SORT OF HIGH LEVEL IN
NEED FOR COLLECTIVE AWARENESS
AND WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE A
LOT OF OTHER BILLS MOVING IN
THIS SPACE.
SO, WE DO HAVE THE BENEFIT OF
HAVING THE FULL SUMMARY HERE.
FOR COLLEAGUES WHO ARE
INTERESTED IN A DEEPER DIVE,
THAT IS AVAILABLE TO YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ROBIN
BEFORE WE MOVE ALONG?
IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE NO
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
SO, LET'S CONTINUE.
>> SAFETY NET AND CIVIL RIGHTS,
A COUPLE OF BILLS TO PLAY.
HOUSE BILL 1073, THAT IS
EXPANDING THE PAID FAMILY LEAVE
BY REPRESENTATIVE BARRY.
IT CONTINUES TO WORK ON
REDUCING THE COST OF KEEPING
THE EQUITY CONCERNS ELEVATED.
THAT BILL IS EXPECTED TO BE OUT
THIS WEEK HOUSE BILL 1151,
WHICH IS THE LARGE HUMAN
SERVICE PRIORITY ADDRESSES A
LOT OF SAFETY NET NEEDS PASSED
OUT OF COMMITTEE AND HAS BEEN
REFERRED TO APPROPRIATIONS.
FINALLY, SENATE BILL 5061,
WHICH EXPANDS UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE TO HIGH RISK
INDIVIDUALS, THOSE WHO LIVE
WITH THEM, AND THOSE WHO QUIT
THEIR JOBS DURING A PUBLIC
HEALTH EMERGENCY, HAS PASSED
OUT OF THE HOUSE.
IT QUICKLY MOVED OVER TO THE
SENATE WHERE IT PASSED AS WELL.
SO, THAT IS GREAT NEWS.
>> GREAT.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS,
COLLEAGUES? ALL RIGHT, LOOKS
LIKE THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS, SO LET'S KEEP GOING.
>> ROUNDING IT OUT WITH
TRANSPORTATION.
TWO BILLS TO HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU.
FIRST IS HOUSE BILL 1301.
THIS WOULD ESSENTIALLY ALLOW
REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION --
REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITIES,
SOUND TRANSIT, TO CONDUCT
ALTERNATIVE FAIR ENFORCEMENTS,
INCLUDING ALLOWING THEM TO
PROVIDE A NOTICE OF VIOLATION
INSTEAD OF CITATIONS.
INSTEAD, HOUSE BILL 1304, WHICH
I UNDERSTAND IS A PRIORITY FOR
SEVERAL OFFICES, THIS WOULD
ESSENTIALLY ALLOW THE EXISTING
CITY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
STATUTES AND REVENUE MECHANISMS
TO BE APPLIED TO SEPARATED
TRANSPORTATION, INCLUDING LIGHT
RAIL.
THIS BILL IS NOT CURRENTLY
SCHEDULED FOR A HEARING, BUT MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT YOU WILL
BE SCHEDULED FOR A HEARING
LIKELY SOMETIME NEXT WEEK.
THE EXACT DATE IS TO BE
DETERMINED.
THEN, FINALLY, I DO WANT TO
PROVIDE, I KNOW WE ARE RUNNING
SHORT ON TIME.
I DO WANT TO PROVIDE JUST A
BRIEF UPDATE ON THE
TRANSPORTATION REVENUE
PROPOSAL, WHICH WAS RELEASED
LAST WEDNESDAY.
VERY HIGH LEVEL, THIS IS
APPROXIMATELY $18-$19 BILLION
IN TRANSPORTATION REVENUE.
THERE IS A RANGER BECAUSE THE
PROPOSAL INCLUDES TWO OPTIONS
RELATED TO CARBON PRICING.
THE FIRST IS -- ASSUMES THE
GOVERNOR'S CAP AND INVEST
LEGISLATION PASSES AND 50% OF
THE REVENUE WOULD GO TOWARD
TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS IN THAT
OPTION.
THERE IS ALSO A STANDALONE
FUNDING MECHANISM FOR COVERTS,
WHICH IS CURRENTLY TO BE
DETERMINED.
THE OTHER ALTERNATIVE IS A
CARBON FEE OF $20 PER TON ON
TRANSPORTATION SECTOR CARBON
EMISSIONS.
IN ADDITION, FOR SORT OF BOTH
OPTIONS, THERE IS A $0.06 GAS
TAX INCREASE AND AIR QUALITY
SURCHARGE.
THAT IS APPLIED AT THE SALE OR
RETITLING OF VEHICLES, AS WELL
AS A STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION
BENEFIT ASSESSMENT, WHICH
APPLIES TO MOST NONAGRICULTURAL
FORMS OF PROPERTY.
THERE IS A VARIETY OF FUNDING
REVENUE ALLOCATIONS.
I WON'T GO INTO RIGHT NOW.
I WILL FOLLOW-UP WITH A
SUMMARY.
I WOULD NOTE THIS ONE DOES
INCLUDE A PROJECT LIST, UNLIKE
THE HOUSE'S PROPOSAL.
THERE IS $25 MILLION FOR THE
WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE.
THERE IS ALSO $70 MILLION FOR
AURORA BRIDGE SAFETY
IMPROVEMENTS.
I THINK GIVEN -- THAT WAS
INCLUDED LAST WEEK, I THINK
GIVEN SOME OF THE DYNAMICS
FURTHER NORTH ON AURORA, WITH
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, WE WOULD BE
LOOKING TO BROADEN THAT TO
ADDRESS THE FULL SCOPE OF
DESIRED SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS
ALONG AURORA.
THAT FUNDING IS CURRENTLY
INCLUDED IN THERE.
ILL PAUSE THERE IN THE
INTEREST OF TIME AND HAPPY TO
TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ON
TRANSPORTATION.
>> THANK YOU, QUINN.
ANY QUESTION ON TRANSPORTATION?
LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE NO
QUESTIONS.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION
FOR TODAY.
WE ARE ALSO HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP
OFF-LINE WITH ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS AS THEY ARISE.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH,
LILY FOR THAT.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY ON OIR.
I SEE WE HAVE A COUPLE HANDS UP
FOR PERHAPS GENERAL COMMENTS OR
OTHER QUESTIONS THAT WEREN'T
COVERED.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THESE
TWO QUESTIONS.
BEFORE WE GO AHEAD AND CLOSE
OUT THE SECTION SO WE CAN MOVE
INTO OUR FOURTH ITEM OF
BUSINESS ON THE AGENDA.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND THEN
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> GOOD MORNING.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE EVERYONE'S
FACE.
I WILL KEEP MY REMARKS BRIEF
AND MAYBE WE CAN FOLLOW UP OFF-
LINE.
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
I BECOME AWARE OF SENATE BILL
5022, REGARDING PLASTICS AND
STYROFOAM.
I HAVE AN INTEREST PACIFICALLY
IN THE STYROFOAM SECTION.
IN THE SENATE BILL REPORT IT
TALKS ABOUT EXPANDING [
INDISCERNIBLE ] FOR THE SALE
AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE
FOLLOWING PRODUCTS.
I'M WONDERING, IS THIS MUCH
LIKE WHAT SEATTLE HAS ALREADY
DONE BANNING STYROFOAM FOR TAKE-
OUT FOOD CONTAINERS, OR IF IT
GOES FURTHER?
OUR FOCUS MY QUESTION HERE IN
PARTICULAR.
I RECENTLY WENT INTO THE
GROCERY STORE AROUND THE CORNER
FROM MY HOUSE I NOTICED THEY
WERE SELLING STYROFOAM COOLERS.
MY QUESTION IS, IN THIS DAY AND
AGE, WHY ARE WE CONTINUING TO
SELL STYROFOAM COOLERS WHEN WE
KNOW THAT THIS IS -- AS
SOMEBODY THAT LOVES THE BEACH
AND LOVES THE WATER, I SEE
STYROFOAM EVERYWHERE.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE ARE
CONTINUING TO POLLUTE OUR
WATERWAYS WITH STYROFOAM.
THE QUESTION PARTICULARLY IS
WITH THIS BILL BAN THE SALE OF
SUCH STYROFOAM COOLERS IN OUR
SUPERMARKETS, OR IS THIS MORE
LIKE WHAT SEATTLE PREVIOUSLY
DID WITH THE FOOD TO GO
CONTAINERS?
I KNOW I MAY HAVE CAUGHT YOU
OFF GUARD WITH THIS QUESTION,
SO FEEL FREE TO FOLLOW UP WITH
ME OFF-LINE.
>> I WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW UP ON
THE SPECIFICS OF WHETHER IT
BANS STYROFOAM COOLERS.
GENERALLY SPEAKING, IT CREATES
A RESPONSIBILITY SYSTEM FOR THE
MANAGEMENT OF A VARIETY OF
RECYCLABLE AND RECYCLABLE
CONTENT.
I'LL FOLLOW UP ON STYROFOAM
COOLERS SPECIFICALLY.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU KAREN FOR THAT.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER SLOSS.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA PLEASE.
>> GOOD MORNING.
I THINK THE LAST TIME WE
CHATTED I HAD ASKED ABOUT ANY
TYPE OF LEGISLATION THAT WOULD
BE NEEDED TO ADDRESS THE INNER
BAY PROPERTY AND EXPEDITE THE
TRANSFER OF THE PROPERTIES SO
THAT WE CAN START BUILDING
HOUSING AND MIXED USE
OPPORTUNITIES.
I APPRECIATE THAT I THINK THE
PACKET IN FRONT OF US, QUINN, I
DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO ASK
DURING GENERAL GOVERNMENT, BUT
HOUSE BILL 1173 CREATES THE
BALLARD PDA THAT WE TALKED ABOUT
TO HELP WITH THE TRANSFER OF
THE PROPERTY THAT CURRENTLY
HOLDS THE ARMORY.
THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THAT.
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE NEED
TO DO AS A CITY TO CONTINUE TO
EXPRESS OUR SUPPORT AND I GUESS
THE URGENCY FOR ACCESSING THAT
PUBLIC LAND AND TURNING IT INTO
SOMETHING MORE PRODUCTIVE?
ANY CRYSTAL BALLS ON HOW LIKELY
IT IS THAT THAT IS GOING TO
PASS THIS YEAR?
>> AT THIS POINT, SO THE BILL
HAD A HEARING AND WAS EXECED
OUT I BELIEVE ON FRIDAY.
IT IS HEADED TO CAPITAL BUDGET
NOW.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO ENGAGE
THERE.
I THINK, I DON'T -- I AM FORCE
I DON'T HAVE ANY CRYSTAL BALL
PREDICTIONS TO OFFER.
I THINK THE GENERAL -- THERE IS
A LOT OF INTEREST IN PROCEEDING
WITH CREATING A PLAN AND A
STRUCTURE FOR THIS SITE AND THE
NATIONAL GUARD'S MOVE.
I THINK THERE CONTINUES TO BE
SOME DISCUSSIONS AROUND
INDUSTRIAL USES THERE, AND WE
ARE TRACKING AND MONITORING
THOSE.
I THINK THAT'S THE BEST I CAN
OFFER AT THIS POINT ON THAT
PARTICULAR PIECE OF
LEGISLATION.
>> OKAY, GREAT.
HAPPY TO TALK TO ANYBODY ABOUT
THAT.
I THINK THAT AS WE HAVE TALKED
TO PEOPLE IN THE PAST,
ABSOLUTELY WANTING TO MAINTAIN
ACCESS TO INDUSTRIAL USES A BIG
PRIORITY.
I ALSO THINK THERE IS A WAY FOR
IT TO BE DONE IN A MIXED USE.
A MIXED-USE STRATEGY TO ALLOW
FOR HOUSING AS WELL.
WOULD LOVE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
MARRYING THOSE TWO PRIORITIES
AND SUPPORTING OUR INDUSTRY AND
ALSO CREATING MORE OPPORTUNITY
FOR FOLKS TO HAVE ACCESS TO
HIRE OPPORTUNITY AREAS LIKE
ACCESS TO GROCERY STORES IN
TRANSIT.
HAVING LIVED JUST AROUND THE
CORNER I KNOW WHAT WOULD BE A
GREAT WAY FOR US TO USE SOME OF
THE AIRSPACE OVER THAT LARGE
PIECE OF LAND AS WE ALSO
ACCOMMODATE FOR ADDITIONAL
INDUSTRY.
THANK YOU, QUINN.
>> ABSOLUTELY, HAPPY TO KEEP
YOU ENGAGED ON THAT LEGISLATION
AS IT MOVES FORWARD.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT
CONVERSATION, SUPER IMPORTANT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS
BEFORE WE GO AHEAD AND CLOSE
OUT?
ONE LAST CALL.
OKAY, LOOKS LIKE NO ONE ELSE IS
RAISING THEIR HAND.
REALLY WANT TO SAY THANKS TO
THE TEAM OVER AT OIR FOR ALL
THE WORK THEY ARE DOING.
FOR KEEPING US APPRISED AND
ALSO PRESENTING US WITH LOTS OF
OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE IN THIS
VIRTUAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO
MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY'S
PRIORITIES CONTINUE TO BE AT
THE FOREFRONT OF DISCUSSIONS.
SO, REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE
ALL YOUR EFFORTS.
WITH THAT, WE ARE GOING TO STAY
GOODBYE UNTIL NEXT TIME TO OUR
FOLKS FROM OIR.
>>> WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD
AND BEGIN OUR FOURTH AGENDA
ITEM WHICH IS A PRESENTATION ON
BLACK BRILLIANCE RESEARCH
PROJECT PRELIMINARY REPORT.
EXCUSE ME, PARDON ME.
I BELIEVE THAT COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, THERE YOU ARE, I WAS
LOOKING FOR YOU IN THE
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES FORMAT.
I BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER MORALES
HAS SOME INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE,
AND THEN, COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES, IN THE COURSE OF
MAKING YOUR INTRODUCTORY
REMARKS, CAN YOU SORT OF JUST
GIVE US A RUN OF SHOW IN TERMS
OF -- I KNOW WE HAVE COUNCIL
CENTRAL STAFF AVAILABLE AS
WELL.
YOU CAN JUST SORT OF WALK US
THROUGH THE ORDER OF SEQUENCE
IN ORDER OF THE PRESENTATION.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
WE ARE ABOUT 10 MINUTES LATE, SO
YEAH, WE ARE ABOUT 10 MINUTES
LATE.
WE ARE SCHEDULED TO GO AND TELL
ABOUT 10:45 ADDING AN
ADDITIONAL 10 MINUTES TO THE
BACK END.
SO, TAKE IT AWAY.
>> SURE, THANK YOU.
I WILL TRY TO BE BRIEF HERE.
AS WE KNOW, WE'VE HEARD FROM
THE RESEARCHERS IN DECEMBER.
WE'VE HAD SOME TIME TO REVIEW
THEIR MOST RECENT UPDATES.
ALL OF YOU COLLEAGUES SHOULD
HAVE RECEIVED THAT LAST WEEK.
SO, WE'VE ASKED THEM TO COME
AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT
YOU HAVE, BUT FIRST WE WANTED
CENTRAL STAFF TO COME TODAY AND
SHARE WHAT THEY SEE AS SOME OF
THE POLICY CONSIDERATIONS THAT
COUNCIL MAY WANT TO CONSIDER.
I DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THIS
IS PRELIMINARY RESEARCH.
THIS IS NOT A REPORT OF A PUBLIC
, ON THE PARTICIPATORY BUDGET
PROCESS ITSELF.
THAT PROCESS WILL BEGIN ONCE WE
LIFT THE PROVISO ON
IMPLEMENTATION FUNDS.
SO, MY OFFICE HAS BEEN MEETING
WITH DEPUTY MAYOR WASHINGTON.
WE'VE MET WITH SOME OF THE
DEPARTMENT HEADS TO TALK ABOUT
HOW WE BEEN PREPARING FOR THAT.
THE DEPUTY MAYOR AND I AGREE
THAT WE NEED TO BE MEETING
REGULARLY WITH SOME DEPARTMENT
HEADS, WITH RESEARCHERS,
BECAUSE WE NEED TO START
DRAFTING A SPENDING PLAN, WHICH
IS THE REQUIREMENT FOR LIFTING
THE PROVISO.
SO, THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE
CONTINUING.
SO, WE TODAY WILL BE HEARING
FROM CENTRAL STAFF AS WELL.
AS WE HEAR FROM THEM, I DO WANT
TO ASK FOLKS TO KEEP IN MIND
THAT THIS IS LEADING US TO A
PROCESS.
THAT WILL CHANGE THE COMMUNITY
CONDITIONS THAT HAVE LED TO
VIOLENCE, BUT ALSO HAVE LED TO
POOR HEALTH OUTCOMES,
CONDITIONS LIKE RACISM, FOOD
INSECURITY, POOR ECONOMIC
CONDITIONS, POOR MENTAL HEALTH
SUPPORT.
THIS IS ABOUT COMMUNITY SAFETY,
BUT IT IS NOT ABOUT A ONE TO
ONE REPLACEMENT FOR SPD
FUNCTIONS.
WE ARE DOING SOME OF THAT WORK.
IN PUBLIC SAFETY LAST WEEK WE
TALKED ABOUT THE COMMUNITY
SAFETY INITIATIVE.
I THINK OF THIS AS A PUBLIC
HEALTH FRAMEWORK.
WORKING TO MAKE POPULATION
LEVEL CHANGE IS NOT NECESSARILY
ABOUT TRACKING OUTPUTS.
SO, IF WE ARE REALLY COMMITTED
TO A HEALTHY, THRIVING
NEIGHBORHOOD, THEN WE HAVE TO
ASK OURSELVES IF WE ARE
INVESTING PUBLIC RESOURCES THAT
WE NEED TO GET US THERE.
SO, WHEN WE PASS THE BUDGET
LEGISLATION, IT WAS WITH THE
INTENT OF HAVING BETTER
OUTCOMES FOR OUR BLACK AND
BROWN NEIGHBORS.
NOT JUST IN TERMS OF ADDRESSING
VIOLENCE, BUT ALSO IN BROADER
OUTCOMES SO THAT WE CAN CREATE
GREATER STABILITY AND GREATER
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY FOR OUR
NEIGHBORS.
SO, WE'VE ASKED CENTRAL STAFF
TO COME AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF
THE POLICY CONSIDERATIONS.
THEN, WE DO HAVE FOLKS FROM THE
RESEARCH AND FROM OTHER AREAS
HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
SO, I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER
TO THEM AND THEN I WILL HAVE
JUST A COUPLE OF CLOSING
REMARKS TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT
NEXT STEPS ARE COMING ONCE THE
PRESENTATION IS DONE.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> AMY, TAKE IT AWAY.
THEN, WE WILL SHIFT GEARS AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
GONZALES.
I AM WITH COUNCIL CENTRAL
STAFF.
ALSO ON THE CALL IS THE INTERIM
DIRECTOR AND SEVERAL MEMBERS
FROM THE BLACK BRILLIANCE
RESEARCH PROJECT TEAM THAT WILL
BE SPEAKING IN JUST A MINUTE
AND WE WILL INTRODUCE THEM AT
THAT POINT.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SHARE
MY SCREEN.
FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
THIS MORNING WE'LL BE WALKING
THROUGH A VERY SHORT SUMMARY OF
THE PRELIMINARY REPORT OF THE
BLACK BRILLIANCE RESEARCH
PROJECT AND A LIST OF POTENTIAL
POLICY ISSUES OR CHOICES FOR
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING FOR
COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION.
I HAVE A PRESENTATION WITH
OUTLINES THE CONTENTS OF A MEMO
THAT WAS PROVIDED ON THE AGENDA
OF TODAY'S MEETING.
BEFORE WE JUMP IN, JUST WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE BLACK
BRILLIANCE RESEARCH PROJECT
REPRESENTS MONTHS OF WORK BY
OVER 100 INDIVIDUALS.
I HOPE THAT FOLKS WILL TAKE THE
TIME TO LOOK AT THE RESULTS OF
THE WORK IN THE PRELIMINARY
REPORT SINCE WE REALLY DON'T
HAVE TIME TO DO IT JUSTICE THIS
MORNING.
BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, DURING
THE SUMMER BUDGET SESSION,
COUNCIL APPROPRIATED $3 MILLION
TO THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS WITH
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
TO RESEARCH PROCESSES THAT WILL
PROMOTE PUBLIC SAFETY AND FORM
FIVE COMMUNITY NEEDS.
THE INTENTION WAS THAT THIS
INITIAL FUNDING WOULD BE USED
TO DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
A PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING
PROCESS FOR 2021.
THE ADOPTED BUDGET INCLUDES
OVER $30 MILLION FOR
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING,
INCLUDING UP TO $1 MILLION FOR
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
AND CITY DEPARTMENTS WERE IN
THE PROCESS.
$500,000 TO SUPPORT THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A CIVILIAN
CRISIS RESPONSE AND SOCIAL
SERVICE TRIAGE SYSTEM APP.
THE THIRD, THE REMAINDER OF THE
FUNDING, WILL BE USED FOR
INVESTMENTS RECOMMENDED BY THE
PV PROCESS.
AS COUNCILMEMBER MORALES
MENTIONED, THESE ARE UNDER
PROVISO WHICH STATE THAT THE
MONEY CANNOT BE SPENT UNTIL
AUTHORIZED BY COUNCIL AND THAT
COUNCIL ANTICIPATES THAT THE
PROVISO WILL NOT BE LIFTED
UNTIL THE EXECUTIVE SUBMITS A
SPENDING PLAN FOR THE FUNDS.
IN NOVEMBER, COUNCIL HIRED THE
FREEDOM PROJECT TO SUBCONTRACT
TO CONDUCT THIS WORK.
THE BLACK BRILLIANCE RESEARCH
PROJECT IS CONDUCTING
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE
RESEARCH ABOUT COMMUNITY SAFETY
AND COMMUNITY NEEDS.
THIS RESEARCH PROVIDES THE
BASIS FOR THE TEAM'S
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CITY'S
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROGRAM
INCLUDING IDENTIFYING COMMUNITY
NEEDS TO SUPPORT PARTICIPATION,
THE FRAMEWORK FOR EQUITABLE
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING PROCESS,
AND RECOMMENDED PRIORITY
INVESTMENT AREAS.
COUNCIL HEARD MORE ABOUT THIS
RESEARCH DURING THE DECEMBER
14th COUNCIL MEETING.
THE REMAINDER OF MY
PRESENTATION IS FOCUSED ON THE
RESULTS OF THE RESEARCH.
I WANTED TO PAUSE AND SEE IF
THE CONSULTING TEAM WANTED TO
ADD ANYTHING AT THIS POINT.
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO SHAUN FOR
THAT.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU ALL, COUNCIL FOR
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
I HAVE RECENTLY JOINED KANE
COUNTY EQUITY NOW AND THEIR
LEADERSHIP TEAM.
I JUST WANTED TO BE HERE TO
GIVE AN INTRODUCTION ABOUT KANE
COUNTY EQUITY NOW.
REALLY BE A SUPPORT AS SHAUN
SHARES THE REPORT.
SO, KING QUANTITY EQUITY NOW IS
BASICALLY A BLACK LED RESEARCH
ORGANIZATION THAT DOES
ADVOCACY, AMPLIFICATION
RESEARCH.
IT STANDS ON THE SHOULDERS OF
HISTORIC BLACK ORGANIZING IN
WASHINGTON STATE, PRIMARILY
CENTERED FROM THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT, THE HISTORIC CENTRAL
DISTRICT IN SEATTLE.
I ALSO JUST WANTED TO DO A
SHARE OUT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
ALL THOSE WHO ARE THE WINDS
BEHIND OUR BACK.
THE BLACK ORGANIZERS, ALL THE
VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE SHOWN UP
AND HAS BEEN REALLY STRONG IN
SUPPORTING THE ORGANIZATION.
PRIVATE DONORS.
ANYONE WHO HAS GIVEN SUPPORT
AND REALLY CALLING OUT OUR
LEADERSHIP IN TERMS OF OUR
ELDERS, OUR HEALERS, OUR
EDUCATORS, WHAT HAVE YOU.
THAT HAS BROUGHT KANE COUNTY
EQUITY NOW INTO THE PLACE THAT
THEY ARE AT TODAY.
I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ALLOW THIS
HOLIDAY TO DO A QUICK
INTRODUCTION AS WE PASS IT ALONG
. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. IT IS IMPORTANT
THAT FOLKS UNDERSTAND KANE
COUNTY EQUITY NOW AND THE
ORGANIZATION THAT IT REALLY
REPRESENTS, CREATES A
COLLECTIVE SURGE OF INJURY.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ADVOCACY,
POLICY AND AMPLIFICATION.
I LOVE TO CALL IT
PERSONIFICATION.
A LOT OF THE NUMBERS AND DATA
THAT WE ARE ABLE TO GATHER
THROUGH OUR RESEARCH AND OTHER
MECHANISMS REALLY INDICATE THAT
THERE IS PEOPLE ON THE GROUND
THAT ARE THE EXPERTS.
KING COUNTY EQUITY NOW BY
BRINGING ALL OF THOSE EXPERTS
TOGETHER HAS REALLY BEEN ABLE
TO CREATE A SENSE OF
CONNECTIVITY AMONG ALL OF US.
IT IS REALLY BUILT ON THE
BACKBONE OF THE BLACK
ORGANIZING RIGHT HERE
THROUGHOUT WASHINGTON, AND
PARTICULARLY IN SEATTLE.
IT'S GREAT TO BE A PART OF A
TEAM THAT UNDERSTANDS THAT THE
ANSWERS ARE ALREADY WITHIN OUR
COMMUNITY.
THE RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS A LOT
OF THAT AND I THINK THAT IT'S
IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHEN WE
TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE WINDS WE
BARRED A SCENE, IT'S REALLY
BECAUSE OF THAT COLLECTIVE
ORGANIZING AND THAT PEOPLE
POWER VOICE THAT WE'VE BEEN
ABLE TO MOBILIZE AND MOVE IT
FROM THE MOMENT, INTO A
MOVEMENT.
ALSO, TAKING ALL OF THAT
INFORMATION AND EXPERTISE AND
MOVING IT THROUGH POLICIES.
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE
TO BE HERE AND I'M LOOKING
FORWARD TO ANSWERING ANY
QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
GO AHEAD, SHAUN.
>> THANKS Y'ALL.
I'LL BE PRESENTING ON THE
RESEARCH FINDINGS RELATED TO
THE BLACK BRILLIANCE RESEARCH.
THANK YOU FOR THAT INTRO.
THERE ARE SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS
THAT ARE PART OF THIS WORK,
INCLUDING KING COUNTY EQUITY
NOW.
SO, WE ALSO HAVE FREEDOM
PROJECT, THE SILENT TASK FORCE,
EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY SERVICES,
URGING CULTURAL GAPS, SACRED
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS, FOREVER
SAFE SPACES.
THAT'S JUST LIKE A PORTION OF
THE WORK.
WHAT I'D REALLY LIKE TO
HIGHLIGHT FOR Y'ALL, BECAUSE I
HAD A CHANCE TO SEE THE MEMO
THAT YOU WILL BE SHARING MORE
DETAILS FOUR.
IS THE NEED FOR A COMPREHENSIVE
AND MULTIPRONGED APPROACH.
WHAT COMMUNITY REALLY WANTS TO
MAKE SURE IT IS CLEAR, AND THAT
WAS A TEST CLEAR, IN THE MEMO,
IS THAT WHEN PEOPLE THINK ABOUT
COMMUNITY SAFETY, THEY THINK
ABOUT HOW HOUSING, MENTAL
HEALTH, YOU DEVELOPMENT,
ECONOMIC DEVELOPING, CRISIS AND
WELLNESS CENTER COMPLIANCE, HOW
WE ARE ONLY AS SAFE AS ARE MOST
ROLLABLE.
WE ARE ONLY AS HEALTHY AS ARE
MOST VULNERABLE HAS COVID-19
HAS UNDERSCORED.
THOSE CLOSEST TO THE ISSUES ARE
CLOSER TO THE SOLUTIONS.
ANOTHER KEY POINT I'D LIKE TO
MAKE SURE IS HIGHLIGHTED FOR
THIS WORK, IS THAT AS WAS SAID,
WE REALLY KNOW THAT COMMUNITY-
BASED RESPONSE IS THE MEANS OF
SUCCESS.
IF WE REALLY WANT TO SEE A 2021
AND BEYOND THAT IS HEALTHIER
AND SAFER, WHAT WE REALLY NEED
TO FOCUS ON HIS HYPER LOCAL
RESPONSES.
WE SEE SOME OF THAT REFLECTED
IN THE STATE BILLS THAT WERE
PRESENTED AT THE TOP OF THIS
HOUR.
WE ALSO HEAR THIS OVER AND OVER
AND OVER AGAIN FROM
COMMUNITIES.
HOW, IN MANY CASES, WE WANT TO
MOVE AWAY FROM A SYSTEM WHERE
THINGS ARE SUPER CENTRALIZED.
úMORE TOWARDS A REALITY WHERE
SEVERAL PEOPLE, INCLUDING YOUR
NEIGHBORS, HAVE THE SKILLS
NEEDED TO HANDLE, TO PREVENT,
HANDLE, AND RESPOND TO CRISES.
THE LAST PIECES, BECAUSE I KNOW
WE ARE SHORT ON TIME, RELATED
TO THIS WORK, AS I SAW THERE
WERE SEVERAL QUESTIONS IN THE
MEMO ABOUT SPECIFIC PRIORITIES
THAT PEOPLE HAVE RELATED TO THE
FIVE BUCKETS OF HOUSING.
HOUSING AND PHYSICAL SPACE,
MENTAL HEALTH, ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT, YOUTH AND
CHILDREN, AND CRISIS AND
WELLNESS.
I HAVE SPECIFIC SLIDES ON THAT
AS WELL, THAT I CAN SHARE AS
PART OF THIS PRESENTATION.
IN IT, I'M GOING TO BE A
QUICKTIME CHECK.
IS IT OKAY FOR ME TO TAKE TWO
MINUTES TO SHOW THE SLIDES?
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROCEED?
>> THAT IS FINE WITH ME, GO
AHEAD.
>> GREAT.
I'M GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN.
SO, AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE,
THIS RESEARCH, THERE ARE OVER
100 PAID RESEARCHERS AS PART OF
THIS.
WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL VOLUNTEERS
THAT HELP SUPPORT THIS WORK.
I'M GOING TO GO HERE.
SO, HOUSING AND SPACE IS ONE OF
THE TOP PRIORITIES FOR THE
RESEARCH OVER AND OVER AND OVER
AGAIN.
WHETHER IT IS INTERVIEWS, FOCUS
GROUPS, PEOPLE COMING TO OFFICE
HOURS TO GIVE US FEEDBACK,
WHICH ARE PUBLIC BY THE WAY, SO
IF YOU WANT TO COME TO OUR
OFFICE HOURS ON TUESDAYS AND
THURSDAYS 10:00 TO 11:00 TO
SHARE WITH US PLEASE DO.
ALSO, WE HAD COMMUNITY
CONVERSATIONS.
WE ARE HEARING ABOUT THESE KEY
THINGS.
THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE BLACK
LAND OWNERSHIP AND
HOMEOWNERSHIP.
OFFICE SPACE CULTURAL SPACE,
SPACES SPECIFIC FOR SPECIFIC
COMMUNITIES WITHIN THAT.
THAT INCLUDES PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES.
FORMERLY INCARCERATED.
TRANS PEOPLE, YOUTH.
AS WELL AS SOME OTHER VERY
SPECIFIC TYPES OF INTERVENTIONS
PEOPLE WANT TO SEE.
FOR TODAY, WHAT I WILL HOLD UP
IN PARTICULAR FOR HOUSING SPACE,
IS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO BE
THINKING ABOUT COMMUNITIES THAT
ARE LEFT OUT OF OUR EXISTING
SYSTEMS.
ONE CLEAR EXAMPLE THAT WE HEARD
FROM THE COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO
HAD INTERVIEWED SEVERAL PEOPLE
AS PART OF THEIR RESEARCH, WAS
THAT THERE IS NOT ENOUGH
SUPPORT FOR SINGLE MOTHERS.
THERE IS NOT ENOUGH SUPPORT FOR
PEOPLE EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE.
WHEN PEOPLE THINK ABOUT
VIOLENCE AND HOW HOUSING CAN
HELP, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ISN'T
OFTEN ONE OF THE THINGS PEOPLE
TALK ABOUT.
WE'VE HEARD COMMUNITY TALK
ABOUT THINGS THAT SUPPORT
SHELTER.
AS WELL AS TEMPORARY SHELTERS
AND TEMPORARY HOUSING.
BUYING OF HOTELS TO PROVIDE
IMMEDIATE SHELTER.
IN TERMS OF MENTAL HEALTH,
WE'VE HEARD AGAIN, A NEED FOR
MORE COMPREHENSIVE WELLNESS
PROGRAMS, ESPECIALLY BLACK
SPECIFIC ONES.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE HERE,
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT SOME OF
THIS IS REFLECTED IN THE MEMO,
IS THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARE, WHAT
WE'VE NOTICED IS THERE IS A
DISCONNECT THAT THE CURRENT
EXISTING SYSTEM THINGS YOU CAN
SORT OF SPRINKLE BLACK AND
BROWN PROVIDERS INTO THE
EXISTING SYSTEM AND PROVIDE
CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARE.
WHAT WE ARE HEARING OVER AND
OVER AGAIN IS WE NEED TO REALLY
RADICALLY SHIFT HOW THESE
SYSTEMS FUNCTION, CHANGE THE
WAY THEY ARE COMPENSATED, AND
PAID AND INVESTED IN.
AS WELL AS REALLY EXPAND OUT
HOW MANY PEOPLE WITHOUT
PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS CAN
PROVIDE THE KIND OF BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH, RELATIONAL HEALTH
SUPPORT, NEEDED TO CREATE A
SAFER COMMUNITY.
SO, FOR THAT, I'LL SAVE SOME OF
THOSE QUESTIONS FOR OUR Q&A IF
WE HAVE TIME.
THERE REALLY IS A NEED TO SHIFT
THE WAY THAT WE NEED TO DELIVER
SERVICES.
IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN
EXPANDING OUT THE PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES, ALTHOUGH THAT IS
HELPFUL.
IT IS REALLY ABOUT REALLY
THINKING ABOUT HOW TO CREATE
THOSE HYPER LOCAL RESPONSES AND
PART OF THAT IS TRAINING,
COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND
SUPPORTING COMMUNITY MEMBERS
THROUGH THIS WORK.
THE THIRD PIECE IS YOUTH AND
CHILDREN.
HERE WE HAVE THINGS THAT
INCLUDE EXPANDING ACCESS TO
CHILDCARE, HIGH QUALITY
CHILDCARE. IN THE MEMO,
DIMENSIONS EXPANDING LIVING
WAGE JOBS, BUT WE WERE REALLY
KEY ON NOTING THAT IT IS BOTH
YOUTH AND ADULTS.
THAT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
CREATING SAFETY AND HEALTH AND
DRIVING, YOU THINK ABOUT HOW
THEY ARE ABLE TO REALLY PROVIDE
ENOUGH SUPPORT THAT PEOPLE CAN
LIVE A LIFE THAT IS ABLE TO
CREATE THE WORLD WE WANT TO SEE.
THAT MEANS ADDRESSING ROOT
CAUSES OF HARM.
THAT MEANS DOING EDUCATION
AROUND HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS IN
MENTORSHIPS.
MAKING SURE THAT ART AND
CULTURE WORK IS PART OF THE
CORE FOR WHERE WE ARE GOING.
THE LAST TWO PIECES ARE ON
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CRISIS AND
WELLNESS.
I KNOW OUR TIME IS SHORT.
FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPING, ONE
KEY THING THAT WAS MISSING FROM
THE MEMO THAT WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE GETS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE
PUBLIC RECORD, IF THE NEED FOR
EXPANDING OUT DIGITAL LITERACY.
ALSO FOR FUNDING, SORRY.
ALSO, FOR HIRING COMMUNITY
MEMBERS OF CONSULTANTS TO DO
THIS WORK BECAUSE PART OF WHAT
WE ARE SEEING OVER AND OVER
AGAIN IS WHEN LEFT TO ITS OWN
DEVICES, CITY GOVERNMENT CAN
GET AS PART OF THE WAY, BUT
COMMUNITY VOICE REALLY NEED TO
LEAD IN TERMS OF CREATING THE
FUNDAMENTAL SHIFTS WE WANT TO
SEE.
HEY KIDDO, GO INTO THE OTHER
ROOM.
>> THE LAST PIECE IS CRISIS AND
WELLNESS.
FOR HERE, OF COURSE WE HAVE
DIVESTING FROM SYSTEMS THAT
HARM US.
THAT GOES WITHOUT SAYING.
WHAT I REALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT
FOR THIS ONE IS THE NEED FOR
HYPER LOCAL CULTURALLY
RESPONSIVE LINGUISTICALLY
APPROPRIATE CARE.
WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, IF YOU
WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT, IS
PEOPLE ARE REALLY PUSHING FOR
SOMETHING THAT LOOKS CLOSER TO
A PILOT PROGRAM.
WHERE THERE ARE MANY PILOTS,
MANY DIFFERENT COMMUNITY
RESPONSES TO CARE.
THINGS LIKE -- STANDING UP YOUR
SKILLS AND RESTORATIVE AND
TRANSFORMATIVE JUSTICE.
AS WELL AS BEING ABLE TO TAKE
THESE EXISTING WORKERS WHO ARE
DOING THIS WORK AND GET THEM
THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO BE
ABLE TO GROW AND TO EXPAND OUR
COMMUNITY OF CARE.
WITH THAT, I WILL STOP FOR A
MINUTE AND TURN IT BACK OVER TO
AMY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, SHAUN.
I'LL KEEP GOING THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE SLIDES VERY
QUICKLY UNLESS WE WANT TO STOP
FOR ANY QUESTIONS NOW OR WAIT
UNTIL THE END.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, DO YOU HAVE
AN OPINION ABOUT THAT?
>> THE SLIDES SHOULD TAKE ME
JUST PROBABLY FIVE MORE MINUTES.
>> OKAY, I'LL KEEP GOING.
OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE
THIS PRESENTATION.
I'M GOING TO PULL THIS ONE BACK
UP.
>> THANKS, AMY.
AS YOU'RE PULLING THAT UP,
COLLEAGUES, FOR THOSE OF YOU
THAT MIGHT HAVE QUESTIONS, AND
WANT TO GET INTO THE QUEUE, I
WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO USE THE
RAISE YOUR HAND FEATURE IN ZOOM.
NOW TO GET INTO THE QUEUE.
WE HAVE ABOUT 8 TO 10 MINUTES
LEFT HERE THIS MORNING.
AMY, GO AHEAD.
>> CONSULTING TEAM AND THE
RESEARCH PARTNERS DEVELOPED A
COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
THIS IS THE RESULT OF THAT WORK.
THE CHART INDICATES THE MOST
FREQUENT RESPONSES TO THE
QUESTIONS WHAT WOULD HELP YOU
DO YOUR BEST WORK?
AS YOU CAN SEE, TRANSPORTATION
WAS A KEY CONCERN. THE NUMBER
ONE RESPONSE WAS GAS MONEY.
GROCERY MONEY WAS THE SECOND
MOST FREQUENT.
IN ADDITION, THERE WAS A
SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRY INTEREST
IN TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT.
THERE'S ALSO A NEED FOR CHILD
CARE AND CHILD CARE SUPPORT.
AS WELL AS PHYSICAL
ACCESSIBILITY TO THE SPACE
WHERE ANY MEETINGS MIGHT OCCUR.
I'M GOING TO SKIP OVER THIS
SLIDE SINCE SHAUN DID SUCH A
GREAT JOB OF PROVIDING THE
OVERVIEW OF THESE, AS WELL AS
SOME REALLY GREAT ADDITIONAL
DETAIL.
OF THE PRIORITY INVESTMENT
PAIRINGS.
SO, THE REPORT INCLUDES A
PRELIMINARY BUDGETING ROADMAP
WITH THE FIVE STEPS OUTLINED IN
THIS SLIDE.
IN ADDITION TO THE STEERING
COMMITTEE, THE CONSULTING TEAM
RECOMMENDS THAT THE PROJECT THE
SUPPORTED BY SEVERAL WORKGROUPS
INCLUDING OUTREACH,
ACCOUNTABILITY, LIVE EXPENSE,
RESEARCH AND EVALUATION TEAM.
BUDGET DELEGATES AND PROCESS
FACILITATORS.
THE TEAM HAS PROVIDED ROLES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES AS WELL AS
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS IN A
SELECTION PROCESS FOR THESE
PARTICIPANTS.
WHICH ARE SUMMARIZED AND
ATTACHED TO THE MEMO.
LET'S SEE.
THE FINAL PIECE INCLUDES A LIST
OF POLICY ISSUE THAT COUNCIL
MAY WANT TO CONSIDER AS THE PB
PROGRAM IS DEVELOPED AND
IMPLEMENT IT.
FIRST, COMMUNITY NEEDS
ASSESSMENT DATA. AS I
MENTIONED, THE TEAM DID A GREAT
SURVEY AND IT INCLUDED A
QUESTION ABOUT LANGUAGES SPOKEN.
IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO GET THE
SPECIFIC RESPONSES TO THAT
ANSWER, SORRY, TO THAT QUESTION.
TO HELP DETERMINE THE LANGUAGE
NEEDS FOR THE PB PROCESS.
PRIORITY INVESTMENT AREAS.
THE PRIORITY INVESTMENT AREA IS
IDENTIFIED BY THE TEAM
REPRESENTATIVES AND REPRESENT A
REALLY BROAD RANGE OF POTENTIAL
PROGRAMMATIC APPROACHES.
I THINK THE ADDITIONAL DETAILS
ABOUT PRIORITIES WITHIN THOSE
INVESTMENT AREAS COULD HELP
DIRECT INVESTMENTS AND SET
CLEAR GUIDELINES FOR THE PB
RECOMMENDATIONS AND TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE PROJECTS THAT ARE
SELECTED ARE CONSISTENT WITH
THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
LET'S SEE.
COMMUNITY SAFETY STRATEGY.
THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE
REPORT INCLUDE SOME INVESTMENTS
WHICH ARE INTENDED TO CREATE
ALTERNATIVES TO CERTAIN
FUNCTIONS OF THE CRIMINAL LEGAL
SYSTEM.
THE MAJORITY ARE LONGER-TERM
UPSTREAM INVESTMENTS, WHICH ARE
INTENDED TO REDUCE THE NEED FOR
THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM AT
ALL.
UNDERSTANDING HOW VARIOUS
PROJECTS AND VARIOUS INVESTMENT
STRATEGIES FIT INTO THAT
CONCEPT, WILL HELP THE PB
PARTICIPANTS BALANCE
INVESTMENTS INTO THE SHORT,
MID, AND LONG-TERM STRATEGY.
SOME OF THESE ARE KIND OF LIKE
DETAIL ORIENTED ABOUT RELATED
TO PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING.
I THINK HAVING A TIMELINE SO
THAT EVERYONE IN TERMS OF
CONSULTANTS, BUT AS A PANTS,
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT AND THE
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, ARE ALL
ON THE SAME PAGE AND HAVE A
SHARED UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE
TIMELINE FOR THIS PROJECT WILL
BE.
>> EXCUSE ME FOR INTERRUPTING.
I THINK YOU ARE ONE SLIDE AHEAD
OF YOUR SPEAKING NOTES.
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT.
LET'S SEE.
THE REPORT IDENTIFIES
COMPENSATION OF COMMUNITY
MEMBERS.
FOR THEIR TIME AND EXPERTISE AS
A PRIORITY.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT
WHAT AN EQUITABLE PAY STRUCTURE
WOULD LOOK LIKE INCLUDING WHAT
ROLES SHOULD BE COMPENSATED AND
HOW, I THINK WOULD ASSIST IN
OPERATING THAT POLICY.
I KEEP DOING THAT, I APOLOGIZE.
THE ROADMAP INCLUDES DETAILED
INFORMATION ON ROLES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES OF VARIOUS
GROUPS, INCLUDING THE STEERING
COMMITTEE OF THE DIFFERENT
WORKGROUPS.
ALSO CITY STAFF AND DEPARTMENTS
IN THE PB TEAM.
THE RECOMMENDATIONS SPECIFY
THAT COMMUNITIES SHOULD LEAVE
THIS PROCESS, HOWEVER IT'S
UNCLEAR WHETHER RECOMMENDATION
IS THAT ONE OR MORE
ORGANIZATIONS ARE HIRED BY THE
CITY TO LEAD OR IF THE PROCESS
SHOULD HAVE AN ORGANIZATINAL
STRUCTURE FUNDED AND COURTED BY
THE CITY.
THE REPORT RECOMMENDS THAT
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING
CONTINUES TO BE ORGANIZED I
COUNCIL DISTRICT.
WHICH IS HOW IT HAS BEEN DONE
IN THE PAST IN TERMS OF HOW
OUTREACH PROJECT DEVELOPMENT IS
VOTED.
RECOMMENDATIONS ON FUNDING
STRATEGIES ARE SET ASIDE TO
MAKE THIS MORE EQUITABLE.
I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL BECAUSE
THERE PROBABLY IS NOT THE SAME
LEVEL OF IMPACT AS IT RELATES
TO COMMUNITY SAFETY WITH IT
WITHIN THE DISTRICTS.
REFLECTING THAT THROUGH THE
FUNDING WOULD PROBABLY BE
IMPORTANT.
ENGAGEMENT WITH LEGISLATIVE AND
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS.
THE REPORT INCLUDES
RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE ROLE OF
STAFF EXECUTIVES IN BOTH THE
EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE
DEPARTMENT.
IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO GET
EVERYONE ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
MOVING FORWARD.
PARTICULARLY RELATED TO WHAT
DEPARTMENTS WILL HAVE WHAT ROLE
IN THIS PROCESS.
FINALLY, ON THIS SLIDE, CITY
CONTRACTING POLICIES.
THE REPORT HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED
FOR THE CITY TO SHARE
INFORMATION WHERE PARTICIPANTS
HEAR ABOUT EXISTING CITY
OPTIONS.
SO THAT THEIR TRACES CAN BE
DEEPLY INFORMED.
I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE
TRAINING SHOULD BE PROVIDED FOR
BUDGET DELEGATES AND
FACILITATORS ON CITY
CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS.
UNDERSTANDING THE LEGAL AND
REGULATORY CONSTRAINTS OF THE
CITY'S CONTRACTING POLICIES
SUCH AS THE PROHIBITION OF
PUBLIC FUNDS, EXCUSE ME GUESTS
OF PUBLIC FUNDS WILL HELP
ENSURE THAT THE PROJECT
DEVELOPMENT IS IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
THIS IS THE LAST SLIDE.
FINALLY, THE CITY HAS SEVERAL
CONCURRENT INTERRELATED
INITIATIVES RELATED TO
COMMUNITIES INCLUDING CRIMINAL
JUSTICE.
COMMUNITY SAFETY INITIATIVE.
THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM
REALIGNMENT PROJECT.
AS WELL AS MANY OTHERS.
CONSIDERING HOW THE CITY CAN
COORDINATE AND LEVERAGE THESE
PROCESSES WITH THE BLACK
BRILLIANCE RESEARCH PROJECT AND
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING MAY
RESULT IN MORE IMPACTFUL AND
EFFICIENT INVESTMENTS.
I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT
THE 2021 FUNDING APPROPRIATED
FOR PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING IS
ONE TIME FUNDING.
UNLESS ONGOING FUNDING IS
IDENTIFIED, THIS SHOULD INFORM
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, VOTING,
AND FUNDING SO THAT ONGOING
PROGRAMS ARE NOT STOOD UP
WITHOUT CONTINUING RESOURCES.
THE LAST THING I WANTED TO NOTE
IS THAT THE REPORT REPRESENTS A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK.
TO ENSURE THAT THE WORK IS
ACCESSIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY AND
CITY STAFF AND POLICYMAKERS,
COUNCIL AND THE CONSULTING TEAM
MAY WANT TO CONSIDER HOSTING
THE DOCUMENT ON THE COUNCIL'S
WEBSITE.
MAYBE CREATING SMALLER SECTIONS
AND CHAPTERS THAT ARE EASIER TO
DOWNLOAD AND NAVIGATE.
AS WELL AS INCLUDING A
CENTRALIZED LINK TO ALL OF THE
RESEARCH PRODUCTS INCLUDING THE
PODCASTS AND SURVEY RESULTS AND
THINGS LIKE THAT TO MAKE IT
EASIER FOR COUNCILMEMBERS IN
THE COMMUNITY TO SEE ALL OF
THAT GOOD WORK THAT HAS BEEN
DONE.
SO, THAT CONCLUDES THE
PRESENTATION.
BEFORE WE GO TO QUESTIONS, I
JUST WANTED TO MENTION BRIEFLY,
THAT THERE ARE TWO NEXT STEPS.
FIRST IS THAT THE CONSULTING
TEAM WILL WORK ON FINALIZING
THE REPORT, AND SECOND, WE WILL
BE WORKING WITH THE EXECUTIVE
ON LEGISLATIONS WITH THE
PROVISO.
WHICH WILL HOPEFULLY BE BEFORE
OF COUNCIL IN MARCH.
WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER
ANY QUESTIONS OR TURN IT BACK
OVER TO THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU AMY SO MUCH FOR
THAT PRESENTATION.
WE ARE A LITTLE CONCH FOR TIME
HERE BUT DO WANT TO OFFER THE
OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCILMEMBERS
TO ASK ONE OR TWO QUESTIONS.
OF STAFF AND/OR OUR GUESTS ON
THE PANEL.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, I SEE
YOUR HAND IS UP.
I'M WONDERING IF THAT IS A
LAYOVER, A HANGOVER FROM THE
PREVIOUS PRESENTATION?
>> I DO HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I
MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN THE FIRST
ONE TO TRY TO RAISE MY HAND.
>> YOU ARE THE FIRST ONE IN THE
QUEUE, THEN WE WILL HEAR FROM
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU,
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW GIG.
IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO WORK WITH
YOU IN THE PAST.
I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS
NEW APPOINTMENT.
FOR ALL THE FOLKS ON THE ZOOM
TODAY, IT'S GREAT TO SEE ALL OF
YOU.
SHAUN AND OTHERS WHO HAVE BEEN
ENGAGED IN THIS WORK OVER THE
LAST 8 TO 6 MONTHS.
IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE ALL OF
THIS COMING OUT.
AMY IS THERE AN EXECUTIVE
SUMMARY?
I HAVE TRIED TO DOWNLOAD THE
REPORT AND THE SLIDES THAT YOU
WERE SHOWING, SHAUN, I THINK
GET TO THE HEART OF THE
QUESTION THAT I HAVE.
ARE THERE HIGH-LEVEL TAKEAWAYS
THAT WE SHOULD START PREPARING
FOR NOW?
THEN, IS THERE A TIMELINE, LIKE
A VISUAL TIMELINE THAT WE
úSHOULD BE ABLE TO ANTICIPATE
FOR WHEN THESE RECOMMENDATIONS
WILL BE SENT?
AMY, YOU MENTIONED WITH THE
EXECUTIVE ON LEGISLATION TO
RELEASE FUNDS AND STUFF LIKE
THAT.
I'LL GIVE ONE EXAMPLE.
THE SMALL BITS THAT I SAW FROM
THE HOUSING WORK THAT YOU ALL
DID, AFFIRM, VALIDATES
EVERYTHING WE'VE BEEN HEARING
ABOUT WHERE FUNDING SHOULD BE
GOING TO CREATE MORE STABLE
HOUSING.
SO, IT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO HAVE
THAT REAL-TIME DATA AND
QUALITATIVE INFORMATION TO GO
ALONG WITH THOSE POLICY
RECOMMENDATIONS.
A LOT OF COVERAGE HAS BEEN MADE
OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN FOR BEING
ABLE TO PURCHASE A HOTEL TO
HELP SHELTER FOLKS WHO ARE
I WAS THINKING MUCH OF THAT
SIMILAR STRATEGY I THINK IS
WHAT SEATTLE IS LOOKING AT.
YOU ALL ARE DOING THE PROCESS
TO IDENTIFY WHAT TYPES OF
HOUSING AND WHAT TYPES OF
SHELTER FOLKS NEED FIRST.
IT IS REALLY MAKING SURE THOSE
DOLLARS CAN GO INTO THE HOUSING
STABILITY OPTIONS.
IN A VERY SIMILAR VEIN, I THINK
THE CITY OF SEATTLE, WHEN WE
RELEASE THOSE FUNDS TO GO INTO
EITHER PURCHASING STRUCTURES OR
BUILDING THE HOUSING THAT WE
NEED, WILL SEE SIMILAR TRADE-
OFFS WHERE WE HAVE TAKEN
FUNDING THAT WOULD HAVE
OTHERWISE GONE TO TRADITIONAL
POLICING MODELS THAT ACTUALLY
CREATED RATER STABILITY TO
PREVENT FOLKS FROM EVER BEING
IN SITUATIONS THAT INVOLVE THE
POLICE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
I SEE A LOT OF SIMILARITIES,
BUT I JUST WANT TO SHOW THE
PUBLIC, THIS IS THE TIMELINE
AND HERE'S WHERE YOU CAN
INSPECT TO SEE SOME OF THESE
RECOMMENDATIONS COME TO
COUNCIL.
THEN IT WILL GO OUT THE DOOR,
AND FOR THAT TRANSFORMATIONAL
CHANGE WHETHER IT IS FUNDING TO
ORGANIZATIONS OR PURCHASING OR
STANDING UP HOUSING AND SHELTER.
THIS IS WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN,
AND IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE
OUR POLICY DECISIONS ROOTED IN
THE EXPERIENCES THAT Y'ALL JUST
HIGHLIGHTED TODAY.
BEING ABLE TO TRANSLATE TO THE
BROADER COMMUNITY WHAT THAT
TIMELINE IS I THINK WILL BE
VERY HELPFUL.
I'M JUST INCREDIBLY EXCITED
ABOUT THE SNIPPETS THAT I SAW,
SHAUN, FROM THE PRESENTATION
THAT YOU SHED.
ANY SORT OF UPDATE TO BE ABLE TO
EITHER GIVE ME AN UPDATE FOR
WHEN THAT TIMELINE IS GOING TO
BE AVAILABLE, AND THE EXECUTIVE
SUMMARY WOULD BE GREAT AS WELL.
>> SURE, I CAN ANSWER THAT
SUPER QUICKLY.
INTENSIVE TIMELINE, THIS WEEK
AND NEXT WEEK WE ARE WRAPPING
OUR INTERVIEWS INCLUDING WITH
CITY EMPLOYEES.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO THEM ON
OFFICE HOURS TO GET A SENSE OF
LEVEL OF DETAILS THAT WOULD BE
SUFFICIENT TO CREATE REALISTIC
TIMELINES.
AS WELL AS TALKING TO COMMITTEE
MEMBERS.
WITH THAT SAID, THE FINAL
REPORT, WHICH WE ARE SLATED TO
TURN IN FEBRUARY 19th, AND
PRESENT ON THE 26th, WILL HAVE
THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL AS WELL.
WE ARE ALSO WRAPPING UP SOME
CONVERSATIONS AROUND
PARTICIPANT COMPENSATION THIS
WEEK.
FINDING OUT FROM THOSE WHO ARE
MOST LIKELY TO SCORE HIGHLY IN
TERMS OF BEING ON THE STEERING
COMMITTEE, WHAT IS EQUITABLE
CONCENTRATION LOOK LIKE YOU?
WHAT WE FOUND SO FAR HAS BEEN
PRETTY SURPRISING.
I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO
SHARING THOSE DETAILS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OKAY, NEXT UP IS COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU.
REALLY APPRECIATE FOLKS COMING
AND TAKING THE TIME TO SHARE
WITH US SOME OF THE INITIAL
OUTCOMES OF YOUR RESEARCH.
THIS IS REALLY EXCITING WORK
AND I'M REALLY THANKFUL FOR
YOUR GUIDANCE TO US IN MOVING
THESE RECOMMENDATIONS FORWARD.
ONE QUESTION I HAVE IS FOR THE
CATEGORIES OF -- WELLNESS AND
PHYSICAL SPACES.
I'M JUST WONDERING HOW IT IS WE
ARE -- OR, IF WE ARE LOOKING AT
-- WHETHER OR NOT THE REPORT
ITSELF INCLUDES RECOMMENDATIONS
FOR HOW TO INTEGRATE THE BLACK
BRILLIANCE PROJECT
RECOMMENDATIONS WITH FOR
INSTANCE THE WORK OF THE
EQUITABLE COMMUNITY INITIATIVE.
OR, THE OTHER EQUITY INITIATIVE.
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE.
OR, THE $12 MILLION INVESTMENT
IN COMMUNITY SAFETY EQUITY
INVESTMENTS.
THE WORK BEING LED BY THE
EXECUTIVE ON THE CRIMINAL LEGAL
SYSTEM REALIGNMENT WORKER.
EITHER HAVE TO INTEGRATE THE
PROCESSES, OR IF NOT THE
PROCESSES, THE RECOMMENDATIONS
THEMSELVES.
JUST REALLY INTERESTED TO KNOW,
AGAIN, BECAUSE IN TERMS OF
THOSE CATEGORIES, I THINK THERE
IS SOME INTENTIONAL OVERLAP
BECAUSE AGAIN, THESE ARE TWO OF
THE HIGH PRIORITIES FOR THE
COMMUNITY.
IT'S ALSO SOME OF THE WORK THAT
THE CITY HAS BEEN DOING
INDEPENDENTLY OF THE BLACK
BRILLIANCE PROJECT.
JUST INTERESTED TO KNOW WHAT
YOUR THOUGHTS ARE ABOUT WHETHER
TO INTEGRATE THAT WORK, AND I'M
NOT ASSUMING THAT YOU WOULD.
AS IT RELATES TO THE PROCESSES,
INTERESTED TO HEAR WHAT YOU
THINK.
THEN, NOT JUST FROM THE
PROCESSES, BUT ON THE ALIGNMENT
OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, OR
FUNDING APPROACH.
THANK YOU.
>> SURE.
ABSOLUTELY.
LOTS OF PIECES THERE.
I THINK I GOT THEM ALL.
ONE IS IN TERMS OF THE MAYOR'S
TASK FORCE, WHICH IS SORT OF A
PARALLEL PROCESS. MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY MAY
DECIDE TO ALLOCATE PART OR ALL
OF THEIR BUDGET TOWARDS
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING, WHICH
WOULD BE GREAT.
REALLY, NO ONE WANTS TO SEE
COMMUNITIES PITTED AGAINST ONE
ANOTHER, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS
NOT THE COMMUNITIES THEMSELES
DOING THE PITTING.
WHAT'S REALLY GREAT ABOUT THIS
IS THIS RESEARCH CAN BE USED TO
INFORM JUST IF YOU'RE
INTERESTED IN WHERE CITY
INVESTMENTS SHOULD GO, WHERE
PUBLIC MONEY SHOULD GO, THIS
REPORT IS PRETTY COMPETENT IN
THAT REGARD.
THE SECOND PIECE I'LL SAY IN
TERMS OF EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT,
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE
OFFICE OF PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY DEVELOP AND HAD
ALREADY PLANNED TO EXPLORE
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING
PRCESSES BEFORE ALL THIS
REALLY KICKED OFF.
I EVEN ATTENDED TRAININGS ABOUT
WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE TO
DISTRIBUTE THAT MONEY THIS WAY.
SO, BEING ABLE TO SAY WOW, WHAT
GREAT TIMING IT IS.
FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE
RESEARCH LIKE THIS, TO HELP
INFORM POTENTIALLY A PROCESS
LIKE THAT IS REALLY EXCITING TO
ME.
THE THIRD PIECE I'LL SAY IS
THAT IN TERMS OF PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING, AND HOW IT MIGHT BE
RELATED TO OTHER CITY
INITIATIVES, I SAW THAT NOTE IN
THE MEMO WHICH HAS NOW WE ARE
DRAFTING UP A SESSION ON THAT
FOR THE FINAL REPORT.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT LUCKILY
BECAUSE OF THE EXISTING WORK
DOES WORK WITH WELL-KNOWN
COMMUNITY PARTNERS, WHO HAVE
ALSO BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS
RESEARCH, I CAN EXPECT THAT YOU
WILL SEE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT
OF OVERLAP, AND ALSO
THOUGHTFULNESS ABOUT HOW TO
LINE THOSE PIECES UP.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH
THE RESTORATIVE COMMUNITY
PASSAGEWAYS GROUP AS PART OF
THE RESEARCH TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT WHAT THAT REGIONAL SORT
OF EFFORT IS TO REALLY THINKING
ABOUT TAKING STEPS TOWARDS A
NEW WORLD WHERE WE HAVE LESS OF
PUNISHMENT, CRIMINALIZATION,
AND MORE CARE AND COMPREHENSIVE
SUPPORT.
I'M HOPING THAT ANSWERED ALL OF
YOUR QUESTIONS, WHICH IS THAT
BASICALLY BECAUSE THAT THE
COMMUNITY IS THAT WE ARE
ENGAGED IN ARE ALSO RECOGNIZED
AS EXPERTS IN OTHER SPACES.
IT'S REALLY EASY TO COORDINATE
AND REPORT.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT, SHAUN.
DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE?
>> JUST THE ONE PIECE RELATED
TO ALSO ON THE -- THE WELLNESS
AND SAFETY SIDE.
JUST WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT
YOU HAVE BEEN INVITED TO COME
AND PRESENT TO THE CITY'S IDT
ON THE CRITICAL CRIMINAL SYSTEM
REALIGNMENT GROUP.
>> I WILL HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK.
WE GET A LOT OF INVITES.
I'LL DOUBLE CHECK AND GET BACK
TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
GREAT.
>> I WANTED TO ADD DEFINITELY
SUPPORTING WHAT SHAUN JUST
SHARED.
THE HOW IMPERATIVE IT IS IN
THESE COLLABORATIONS OR
COLLECTIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH
OTHER DEPARTMENTS, WHICH I
SUPPORT THAT, BUT IT'S
IMPERATIVE TO HAVE THE BLACK
COMMUNITY VOICE THEIR.
WITH THE GENTRIFICATION THAT
HAS HAPPENED IN SEATTLE, HAS
MOVED ACROSS KING COUNTY.
THE DISPLACEMENT AND THE BLACK
COMMUNITY TRYING TO RESETTLE IN
OTHER SPACES.
OUR VOICES CAN OFTEN TIMES BE
INVISIBLE, ERASED.
ALTHOUGH THIS IS FOCUSED ON THE
CITY OF SEATTLE, AND PB IS FOR
THE WHOLE COMMITTEE, NOT JUST
FOR ONE.
IT'S VERY IMPERATIVE THAT WE
HAVE CONVERSATION AND HAVE SOME
CENTERING OF SOME BLACK
EXPERIENCES WITHIN THOSE OTHER
DEPARTMENTS.
I DEFINITELY AGREE AND SUPPORT
THAT THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND
FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN BEST DO
THAT.
PLEASE REACH OUT TO KING COUNTY
AUTHORITY NOW.
ESPECIALLY AROUND CRIMINAL
LEGAL SYSTEMS.
OUR COMMUNITY, KING COUNTY, HAS
BEEN IMPACTED IN SOME OF THE
WORST WAYS ACROSS THE STATE.
THANK YOU.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
THAT CONVERSATION.
COLLEAGUES, ANY ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS? OKAY, I'M NOT SEEING
ANY OTHER HANDS RAISED.
COUNCILMEMBER, MORALES, ANY
CLOSING REMARKS?
>> SURE.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR
COMING AND SHARING YOUR UPDATES
WITH US.
AS SHAUN MENTIONED, THE NEXT
STEPS FOR US WILL BE A FINAL
REPORT IN MY COMMITTEE.
SO, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
THIS CHAPTER IN OUR CITY'S
HISTORY.
I WANT TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES, I
HOPE MY COLLEAGUES WILL REALLY
STEP INTO THIS WORK WITH
CURIOSITY AND WITH A
WILLINGNESS TO MAKE THIS A
SUCCESS.
OUR NEXT COMMITTEE IS FEBRUARY
26th.
WE WILL HEAR THE FINAL REPORT
AT THAT TIME.
I WOULD ASK COUNCILMEMBERS, IF
YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT
YOU HAVE SEEN OR READ OR HEARD,
TODAY, PLEASE DO SEND THOSE TO
ME, TO MY OFFICE.
OUR HOPE IS THAT WE CAN COMPILE
EVERYBODY'S QUESTIONS AND SEND
ONE DOCUMENT TO THE RESEARCHERS
SO THAT THEY CAN BE READY AT
THAT FEBRUARY 26th MEETING TO
ADDRESS ANY FINAL CONCERNS THAT
YOU HAVE.
SO, YOU CAN SEND THEM TO ME.
I WILL MOST LIKELY BE IN TOUCH
AS WELL WITH CENTRAL STAFF SO
THAT WE CAN COORDINATE THAT.
I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO
THIS.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE
REMEMBER AGAIN THESE EXISTING
CONDITIONS ARE THE RESULT OF
GENERATIONS OF UNDERINVESTMENT.
THIS IS A REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR
US TO SHIP THE WAY WE USE
PUBLIC RESOURCES AND OUR
TAXPAYER DOLLARS SO THAT WE ARE
INVESTING IN A MUCH MORE
MEANINGFUL WAY TO MAKE MORE
PROSPEROUS AND MORE DRIVING
COMMUNITIES FOR OUR NEIGHBORS.
THANKS AGAIN TO EVERYBODY AND I
LOOK FORWARD TO OUR NEXT
CONVERSATION.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES FOR THOSE
REMARKS.
THANKS FOR COORDINATING WITH MY
OFFICE AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
US TO HAVE THIS PRESENTATION IN
COUNCIL BRIEFING.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE
CONVERSATIONS AROUND THIS THAT
I THINK WILL BE HOSTED IN YOUR
COMMITTEE I THINK.
>>> OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO
ALL OF OUR PANELISTS, THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US THIS
MORNING AND FOR ALL OF THE WORK
THAT YOU'VE DONE TO DATE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO
HAVE IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS
WITH YOU ALL.
HAVE A GOOD DAY, STAY SAFE OUT
THERE.
TAKE CARE.
>> OKAY, COLLEAGUES, WE ARE
GOING TO SHIFT GEARS HERE.
OVER TO A PREVIEW OF TODAY'S
CITY COUNCIL ACTION.
COUNCIL AND REGIONAL COMMITTEE.
JUST AS A REMINDER, THE ORDER
OF REPORTS FOR TODAY IS GOING
TO BE COUNCILMEMBER MORALES,
THEN MOSQUEDA, PEDERSEN,
SAWANT, STRAUSS, HERBALS,
LEWIS, AND THEN I WILL CONCLUDE
THIS AGENDA DISCUSSION.
SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, LET'S
DIG IN.
FIRST UP, MORALES.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THANKS EVERYBODY.
I FEEL LIKE I'VE TALKED A LOT
ALREADY SO I WILL JUST SAY THAT
THERE ARE SEVERAL ITEMS ON
TODAY'S AGENDA FOR MY COMMUNITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
WE WILL BE HEARING AN ORDINANCE
CHANGING THE NAME OF THE
FORMERLY PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES COMMISSION TO THE
DISABILITY COMMISSION.
THEN, WE ALSO HAVE, I THINK IT
IS 15 APPOINTMENTS FOR VARIOUS
COMMISSIONS.
THEN, AND THAT'S IT.
THAT'S ON THE AGENDA.
I DO WANT TO STATE, ALTHOUGH
OUR OFFICE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL
-- INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
FOLKS DID MENTION ALREADY ON
FRIDAY I TESTIFIED BEFORE THE
HOUSE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
IN SUPPORT OF HOUSE BILL 1310.
WHICH WOULD LIMIT THE USE OF
DEADLY FORCE.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THAT
BILL IS NOW IN EXECUTIVE
SESSION.
IT WILL BE IN COMMITTEE
FEBRUARY 4th.
SO, I'M HOPEFUL THAT THAT WILL
CONTINUE ON ITS WAY.
I'M GOING TO CALL THAT GOOD.
THAT IS MY REPORT FOR TODAY.
THANK.
>> THANK YOU MEMBER MORALES.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
OKAY, HEARING NONE, WE ARE
GOING TO GO AHEAD AND HEAR NOW
FROM COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA,
AND THEN COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, TODAY ON THE
INTRODUCTION OF A FULL CALENDAR
THERE ARE TWO APPOINTMENTS TO
THE STATE AND BEVERAGE TAX
HUMIDITY ADVISORY BOARD.
AND AN APPOINTMENT TO THE
SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
ON TODAY'S FULL COUNCIL AGENDA
THERE ARE QUITE A FEW
APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS
FROM THE FINANCE AND HOUSING
COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE PAULA HOUSTON FROM THE
SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD
WHO IS GETTING REAPPOINTED.
WE ALSO HAVE THE REAPPOINTMENT
OF PAUL BRECKENRIDGE, JULIAN
CONNOR, BOB BISCOE, GEORGE
STEIGER, DEREK BELGRADE, RACHEL
, ALL AS MEMBERS OF THE
COMMUNITY HOUSING PUBLIC
DEVELOPING AUTHORITY.
WE HAVE THE APPOINTMENTS OF
SARAH TO BEALS, MAJEL MORELAND,
MICHELLE PURNELL HEPBURN, ALL
TO THE COMMUNITY HOUSING AS
WELL.
FOUR APPOINTMENTS AND
REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE LABOR
STANDARDS ADVISORY BOARD.
JANEE CHUNG, ILIANA ILONA,
LONIE AND ARDIE MASERATI, AS
WELL AS SAMANTHA GRAD.
THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE A
FINANCE AND HOUSING COMMITTEE
WEEK THIS WEEK COLLEAGUES THANK
YOU FOR YOUR FLEXIBILITY.
WE HAVE A LIGHT AGENDA
INCLUDING A FEW APPOINTMENTS AND
REAPPOINTMENTS THAT WE ARE
GOING TO HOLD.
OUR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED
MEETING IS ON FEBRUARY 19th.
THAT WILL BE AT 9:30 A.M.
COLLEAGUES, WE ALSO HAVE A FEW
UPDATES FROM OFFICE OF LABOR
STANDARDS THAT I WANTED TO PASS
ALONG.
WE WILL, AT OUR NEXT MEETING,
BE ABLE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION
AND BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE
CONFIRMATION ON THE INTERIM
DIRECTOR WHO STARTED TODAY ON A
TEMPORARY BASIS UNTIL THE
COUNCIL AFFIRMS THEIR
APPOINTMENT.
THIS IS DIRECTOR STEPHEN MARCH
EASY.
AT THE OFFICE OF LASER
STANDARDS.
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS GOING TO
BE REACHING OUT TO COUNCIL
MEMBERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
HAVE TIME TO MEET WITH THE
APPOINTEE IN ADVANCE OF THE
MEETING ON THE 19th.
AS WE CONSIDER THE APPOINTMENT
PROCESS, WE DID RECEIVE THE
FULL PACKET OF REQUESTED BY
THIS COUNCIL A FEW YEARS AGO.
TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS
ROBUST A COLDER ENGAGEMENT, AND
WE WILL BE REVIEWING THAT
PROCESS AS WELL AS THE OTHER
MATERIALS THAT THE EXECUTIVES
SEND OUT AS WE CONSIDER THE
DIRECTOR'S APARTMENT.
WE WILL ALSO BE SENDING OVER A
LIST OF QUESTIONS FOR Y'ALL TO
CONTINUE TO CHIME IN ON AS WE
CONSIDER THAT CONVERSATION ON
THE 19th.
OUR FRIENDS AT THE OFFICE OF
LABOR STANDARDS WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT THREE IMPORTANT
PARTNERSHIPS THAT THEY ARE
ENGAGED IN FOR THE PUBLIC'S
AWARENESS AND FOR THE COUNCIL
MEMBERS AS WELL.
MANY OF YOU HAVE HAD YOUR
FINGERPRINTS ON THE LEGISLATION
AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR
PARTNERSHIP THAT I'LL BE
MENTIONING RIGHT NOW.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HIGHLIGHT
THE WAYS IN WHICH YOU ARE ALL
WORKING AND YOUR WORK IS BEING
CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE OF
THE LABOR STANDARDS.
THE FIRST OFFICE OF LABOR
STANDARDS IS ANNOUNCING THE
2021/2022 BUSINESS OUTREACH AND
EDUCATION PLAN PARTNERS.
THROUGH THIS FUND FROM OFFICE
OF LABOR STANDARDS PARTNERS
WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDE
LABOR STANDARDS RESOURCES AND
INFORMATION TO BUSINESSES TO
TYPICALLY NOT SERVED BY OUR
TRADITIONAL OUTREACH EFFORTS.
THIS INCLUDES BUSINESSES OWNED
BY IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES,
PEOPLE OF COLOR, WOMEN,
VETERANS, PEOPLE OF
DISABILITIES, MEMBERS OF THE
LGBTQ COMMUNITY, LAST WEEK THEY
ANNOUNCED THE RECIPIENTS OF 1.1
MILLION DOLLARS OF FUNDING THAT
WILL BE GIVEN OUT OVER THE NEXT
TWO YEARS.
THESE TYPES OF PARTNERSHIPS
INCLUDE ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE
EPIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,
LATINO COMMUNITY FUND,
VENTURES, AND NEW PARTNERS,
BUSINESS IMPACT NORTHWEST, AND
TABER 100.
OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS LOOK
FORWARD TO THE NEXT TWO YEARS
OF PARTNERSHIPS WITH THESE
ORGANIZATIONS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE.
THE SECOND PARTNERSHIP TO
HIGHLIGHT IS WITH KING COUNTY
SEXUAL ASSAULT RESEARCH CENTER.
THE COUNCIL MAY REMEMBER THAT
WE PASSED THE PROTECTING HOTEL
EMPLOYEES FROM VIOLENT AND
HARASSING CONDUCT OR NUISANCE
AND MUNICIPAL CODE 14.26 THIS
REQUIRES HOTEL EMPLOYERS TO
TAKE CERTAIN MEASURES TO
PREVENT AND ADDRESS VIOLENT AND
HARASSING CONDUCT AGAINST
WORKERS AT HOTELS.
THE LAW ALSO REQUIRED THEM TO
REQUIRE THEM TO MAKE REFERRALS
TO COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS VICTIM
ADVOCACY PROGRAMS WITH
CONFIDENTIAL ADVOCACY SERVICES
FOR EMPLOYEES TO CONTACT FOR
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT.
THEY ARE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT
THEY HAVE ENTERED INTO A ONE-
YEAR CONTRACT WITH KING COUNTY
SEXUAL ASSAULT RESOURCE CENTER
TO SUPPORT HOTEL EMPLOYEE
COVERED BY THIS LAW. FOR MORE
INFORMATION YOU CAN GO TO THEIR
WEBSITE. FOR MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT THE ORDINANCE PROTECTING
HOTEL EMPLOYEES FROM VIOLENT
AND HARASSING CONDUCT, PLEASE
GO TO SEATTLE.GOVéLABOR
STANDARDS.
FINALLY THERE IS A PARTNERSHIP
WITH HAND IN HAND.
FOLKS MIGHT REMEMBER THIS
AMAZING ORGANIZATION THAT
WORKED WITH US AS WE PASSED THE
DOMESTIC WORKERS BILL OF
RIGHTS.
OLS IS ANNOUNCING THAT THEY ARE
CONTINUING THEIR OWNERSHIP
THROUGH A NATIONAL NETWORK OF
NATIONAL NETWORK OF EMPLOYERS.
THEY ARE ENTERING INTO A ONE-
YEAR CONTRACT WITH THEM TO
PROVIDE OUTREACH AND EDUCATION
ON THE DOMESTIC WORKERS
ORDINANCE THAT WE PASSED.
THIS WILL BE A CONTRACT FOR
2021, FOR HAND-IN-HAND TO WORK
WITH AMENITIES AND COLLABORATE
WITH ORGANIZATIONS FOCUSED ON
OUTREACH TO DOMESTIC WORKERS.
THEY'VE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB
OVER THE LAST YEAR AND WANT TO
RECORD MY APPRECIATION TO THEM.
I WANT TO ALSO HIGHLIGHT THAT
THEY HAVE HAD MONTHLY WEBINARS,
ONE OF WHICH WAS ENTITLED MY
HOME IS SOMEONE'S WORKPLACE.
COVID-19 EDITION.
WHICH FEATURES THE ONGOING WAYS
THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT
FOLKS WHO ARE HIRING ANY
DOMESTIC WORKERS KNOW THAT THEY
REALLY ARE UNDER SEATTLE'S NEW
LAW, CONSIDERED HIRING ENTITIES
AND HAVE RESPONSIBILITY AS SUCH
UNDER OUR SEATTLE ORDINANCE.
AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE WORK
THAT OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS
IS DOING ON TO MAKE SURE TO GET
THAT INFORMATION OUT.
A CONNECTED REMINDER, THE
DOMESTIC WORKERS ORDINANCE
REMINDS PEOPLE THAT CALLED
HIRING ENTITIES AS THE PEOPLE
WHO HIRE PEOPLE TO COME INTO
THEIR HOME, EITHER TO CLEAN, OR
DROPPING ANY CARE, WITH A
VARIETY OF SERVICES AS DEFINED
IN THE TO PAY DOMESTIC WORKERS
AT LEAST THE SEATTLE MINIMUM
WAGE.
MANY FOLKS WHO ARE INDEPENDENT
BUSINESSES THEY OFFER A LUMP
SUM, BUT AS WE ENGAGE IN
WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE
LUMP-SUM SERVICES EQUAL AT
LEAST THE MINIMUM WAGE OVER A
REMINDER THAT THE MINIMUM WAGE
ARE MOST HIRING ENTITIES IS
$16.69 AN HOUR.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, THE
OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS HAS
MADE THIS EASY FOR Y'ALL TO
UNDERSTAND.
WHAT REQUIREMENTS EMPLOYEE
YEARS ENTITIES HAVE.
INCLUDING RIGHTS TO MERE RANKS,
PROTECTION FROM RETALIATION,
PLEASE VISIT THE OFFICE OF
LABOR STANDARDS WEBSITE AND
YOU'LL FIND RESOURCES SUCH AS
MODEL NOTICE OF RIGHTS AND THE
AVAILABLE INFORMATION THAT
EMPLOYERS CAN MAKE AS MODEL
TEMPLATES FOR WORKERS AS WELL.
FOR THOSE INDEPENDENT
CONTRACTORS.
THE DRIVER MINIMUM COMPENSATION
UPDATED THEIR CURRENT MINUTE
AMOUNT ON FEBRUARY 1st.
THAT IS TODAY.
THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK
COMPANY'S MINIMUM COMPENSATION
ORDINANCE TOOK EFFECT ON
JANUARY 1st, AGAIN THANKS TO
THE INCREDIBLE COUNCIL FOR ALL
OF YOUR WORK ON THAT OVER THE
LAST YEAR.
THEY MUST PAY THE GREATER OF
THE MINIMUM PER MILE A MOMENT
OF $1.33 AND A PERMANENT AMOUNT
. THE PERMANENT AMOUNT IS
ADJUSTED EACH MONTH UNTIL IT
REACHES $0.57 ON APRIL 1st,
2021.
FEBRUARY 1st, THAT'S TODAY, IS
THE FIRST ADJUSTMENT.
THE PERMANENT AMOUNT INCREASES
FROM $0.32 TO $0.41 PER MINUTE.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON THIS AND
KEY PROVISIONS OF THE ORDINANCE
CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON THE OFFICE
OF LABOR STANDARDS WEBSITE.
FINALLY, FAS HAS ENGAGED IN A
SERIES OF WAYS TO PARTICIPATE
TO HELP GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT
VACCINES.
AGAIN, I'M GOING TO HOLD THAT
TO ADD TO ANYTHING COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD MAY HAVE TO SHARE WITH
US ALL ON VACCINE CURVE
POSITION.
AS PART OF HER WEEKLY UPDATES
THERE.
ALSO WANTED TO NOTE FROM FAS
THAT THEY HAVE OBTAINED THE
MAYORS SIGNATURE ON A LETTER
ENCOURAGING PRESIDENT BIDEN TO
ALLOW THE USE OF PRIORITY
HIGHER PREFERENCES ON U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
FUNDED PROJECTS LIKE THE WEST
SEATTLE BRIDGE.
THE LETTER WRITTEN BY JOBS TO
MOVE AMERICA, A NATIONAL
ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION FOR
COMMUNITY BENEFITS THE PUBLIC
PURCHASING IS COLLECTING
SIGNATURES FROM YOUR OFFICES
AND ENTRANCE AGENCIES ACROSS
THE NATION.
I THANK THEM FOR THEIR WORK ON
THIS IN THE MEMBER SIGNING THE
LETTER.
IN TERMS OF RACE AND SAVES IT.
>>> THIS YEAR, FAS IS RAISING
AWARENESS OF HISTORICALLY LOW
MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISES.
UTILIZATION AND MORE
SPECIFICALLY BLACK OWNED FIRMS.
FAS PROVIDED GUIDANCE AND
DIRECTOR FROM THE MAYOR OF
CABIN ON DEPARTMENTAL
GOALSETTING AND OUTREACH PLANS,
IN ADDITION TO ESTABLISHING FAS
PROVIDED AN OVERALL REPORT CARD
BY DEPARTMENT ON CITYWIDE ETHNIC
THEY WILL CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY
STRATEGIES AND BEST PRACTICES
THAT WILL INCREASE SPEND WITH
MBE'S.
THERE ARE NO UPDATES TODAY FROM
THE CBO OR OFFICE OF HOUSING.
I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT TODAY
IS THE FIRST DAY OF BLACK
HISTORY MONTH.
ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO JOIN A
PRESENTATION AT 12:30 PACIFIC
TIME HERE FROM THE NATIONAL
POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN.
REVEREND WILLIAM BARBER WILL BE
PRESENTING THERE AND FOLKS I'M
SURE ARE FAMILIAR WITH REVEREND
BARBARA.
INCREDIBLE SPEAKER AND HAS BEEN
A LONGTIME CHAMPION OF THE POOR
PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN.
OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN IS A
NATIONAL CONVERSATION, A
NATIONAL ZOOM.
HEAL THE NATION, 14 POLICY
PRIORITIES FOR THE FIRST 100
DAYS OF THIS UPCOMING
ADMINISTRATION TIED DIRECTLY
INTO THE PRIORITIES THAT I KNOW
MANY ARE GOING TO BE LIFTING UP
OVER THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY.
AS WE HONOR AND RECOGNIZE BLACK
HISTORY MONTH AND ALSO THE
CURRENT WAYS IN WHICH PAST
POLICIES, PAST RACIST POLICIES,
CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE PUBLIC
POLICY TODAY.
YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT THAT ON THE WEBSITE.
FINALLY, I JUST WANT TO SAY
VERY QUICK NOTE OF
APPRECIATION.
THANK YOU TO BE AMAZING
VOLUNTEERS, THE TEAM OF BOTH
MEDICAL AND NONMEDICAL
VOLUNTEERS, OUR FIRST
RESPONDERS AND CITY
FIREFIGHTERS, THOSE WHO HAVE
BEEN VOLUNTEERING COUNTLESS
HOURS TO RESPOND TO THE PUBLIC
CRISIS OVER THE LAST YEAR.
ESPECIALLY AS THE VACCINE
BECOMES MORE AVAILABLE, I KNOW
MANY FOLKS HAVE SPENT ALREADY A
NUMBER OF HOURS OUT THERE
VOLUNTEERING AND PEOPLE ARE
ASKING WHAT THEY CAN DO.
HOW THEY CAN HELP.
WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
FIGHT FOR A MACRO POLICY CHANGE
TO POLICY DISCUSSIONS THAT YOU
HEARD THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT
SPEAK TO THIS MORNING.
I'VE BEEN ENGAGED IN THE
CONVERSATION OVER THE LAST WEEK
AS WELL ABOUT A SIMILAR TOPIC
LOOKING FORWARD TO MARRYING
THOSE AND APPRECIATE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT'S, THIS MORNING ABOUT
EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT A LOT OF
FOLKS WHO WANT TO HELP ON THE
GROUND.
BY VOLUNTEERING, KING 5 RAN A
REPORT LAST WEEK AND PROVIDED
THIS NUMBER TO TEXT IF YOU'RE
INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING.
206-448-4545.
TEXT THE WORD VOLUNTEER.
206-448-4545.
YOU'LL GET A LIST OF
OPPORTUNITIES WHERE YOU CAN
VOLUNTEER ON THE GROUND LEVEL
AROUND THE PUGET SOUND REGION.
THANKS AGAIN TO ALL OF THE
INCREDIBLE FOLKS WERE PUTTING
THEMSELVES OUT THERE AND MAKING
THE TIME TO VOLUNTEER IF THEY
ARE ABLE TO DO SO.
IT'S GREATLY APPRECIATED AND WE
APPRECIATE YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT
PARTNERSHIP EFFORT.
COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS?
OKAY, HEARING NONE.
I GOT A NOTE FROM COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES THAT SHE PERHAPS
MENTION ONE VERY IMPORTANT
UPDATE AS PART OF HER REPORT.
WE ARE GOING TO DOUBLE BACK FOR
JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO
GIVE HER AN OPPORTUNITY TO
PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH THOSE VERY
TIMELY UPDATES.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I APOLOGIZE EVERYONE.
I JUST WANT TO SAY QUICKLY THAT
OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS I
LEARNED THAT BOBBY LEE, OUR
OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPER
HAS BEEN CALLED BACK TO PORTLAND
. I THINK TOMORROW IS HIS FIRST
DAY WORKING WITH THE PORTLAND
MAYOR.
I WANT TO WISH HIM WELL.
IT MAKES ME VERY SAD TO KNOW
THAT HE IS GONE.
BOBBY HAS A REAL VISION FOR
INCLUSIVE ECONOMY.
WE HAD MANY GREAT CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO HERE IN
SEATTLE TO BE BUILDING
COMMUNITY WEALTH.
I KNOW THAT HIS TEAM SHARES
THAT VISION AND I LOOK FORWARD
TO WORKING WITH WHOEVER IS
SELECTED AS INTERIM DIRECTOR. I
HAVE EVERY FAITH THAT THAT
PERSON WILL BE ABLE TO CARRY ON
THE WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT.
I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT BOBBY
HAS LEFT SEATTLE AND THAT I AM
VERY SAD ABOUT IT.
SO, WANTED COLLEAGUES TO KNOW
ABOUT THAT AND AGAIN WANT TO
WISH HIM WELL.
IN PORTLAND.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> ABSOLUTELY, THANKS FOR
NOTING THAT.
WE WISH DIRECTOR LEAVE MUCH
LUCK IN HIS NEXT CHAPTER AND
NEXT ADVENTURE AND LOOK FORWARD
TO SEEING WHO WILL BE
IDENTIFIED AS THE INTERIM
REPLACEMENT AND THE OFFICE OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. OKAY,
COLLEAGUES.
WE'RE GOING TO GO DOWN THE LINE.
I THINK COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN
IS NEXT.
THEN, SAWANT.
>> GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU
COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
WHILE OUR TRANSPORTATION
UTILITIES COMMITTEE HAS NO
ITEMS ON TODAY'S FORMAL CITY
COUNCIL AGENDA, WE'VE GOT A
COUPLE ITEMS ON THE
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR.
HER NEXT MEETING OF THE
TRANSPORTATION UTILITIES
COMMITTEE IS THIS WEDNESDAY,
FEBRUARY 3rd AT AT 9:30 A.M.
I WANTED TO ADDRESS A COLUMN
THAT WAS PUBLISHED IN
YESTERDAY'S SEATTLE TIMES.
I APPRECIATE THE AUTHOR
ENCOURAGING US TO RECOGNIZE HOW
VITAL OUR LOCAL BALANCES ARE
FOR THE WELL-BEING OF OUR
ECONOMY.
I WANTED TO CORRECT SOMETHING
THAT HE SAID.
HE WROTE MASS TRANSIT IS IN
CRISIS, YET THE COUNCIL, WHICH
NEVER FAILS TO METAL, ISN'T
INTERESTED.
THAT IS FALSE.
THE CITY COUNCIL IS PASSIONATE
ABOUT EXPANDING TRANSIT, AND
HAS ACHIEVED CONCRETE SUCCESS
DESPITE THE CRISES OF 2020.
EVEN THOUGH TRANSIT RIDERSHIP
IS DOWN DURING THE PANDEMIC,
AND IS STRUCTURED TO BE FUNDED
úREGIONALLY BY KING COUNTY METR
AND SOUND TRANSIT, THE CITY
COUNCIL ESTABLISHED A SPECIAL
COMMITTEE OF ALL NINE CITY
COUNCIL MEMBERS TO CRAFT A
COMPREHENSIVE TRANSIT FUNDING
MEASURE BOOSTING BUS SERVICE
THROUGHOUT SEATTLE.
OUR MEASURE WAS ULTIMATELY
ENDORSED BY THE SEATTLE TIMES,
AND APPROVED BY 80% OF VOTERS
TO PROVIDE TENS OF MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS EACH YEAR FOR MASS
TRANSIT.
MOREOVER, WHENEVER THIS COUNCIL
DISCUSSES NEW FUNDING, OR
POLICIES FOR TRANSPORTATION,
OUR FIRST INSTINCT IS TO
SUPPORT TRANSIT.
I JUST WANTED TO CORRECT THE
RECORD.
I BELIEVE THIS COUNCIL IS MORE
THAN INTERESTED IN TRANSIT.
WE BOLDLY BOOST IT.
SPEAKING OF TRANSIT, WITH VOTERS
OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVING THAT
MEASURE, WE ARE CONSIDERING THE
NEW TRANSIT SERVICE AGREEMENT
WITH KING COUNTY METRO FOR BUS
SERVICE.
THAT WILL BE ON OUR FEBRUARY
17th COMMITTEE.
THE TRANSIT SERVICE AGREEMENT
WILL SPELL OUT THE TERMS OF THE
ENHANCED BUS SERVICE THAT
SEATTLE RESIDENTS ARE FUNDING
WITH THE TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT
DISTRICT.
FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN THE
SPENDING PROPOSALS STILL BEING
DEVELOPED BY OUR SEATTLE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,
FOR THE VEHICLE LICENSE FEES,
OUR COMMITTEE IS LIKELY TO
DISCUSS THOSE IN MARCH.
AS A REMINDER, THERE ARE TWO
BUCKETS OF FUNDING.
THERE IS THE FIRST SOURCE,
WHICH IS THE $60 VLF RESERVES
THAT ARE LEFT OVER FROM THE
PREVIOUS MEASURE, THAT IS ABOUT
$23 MILLION IN ONE-TIME
RESERVES.
S.IS LIKELY TO BE POSTING THIS
WEEK THEIR INITIAL IDEAS FOR
HOW TO INVEST THOSE DOLLARS.
THE FOCUS IS LIKELY TO BE ON
SPEEDING UP EXISTING TRANSIT
RELATED PROJECTS.
THE SECOND SOURCE OF VLF FUNDS
IS THE NEW $20 CAR TAB APPROVED
BY THIS COUNCIL RECENTLY.
THIS WILL GENERATE ONLY $3.6
MILLION THIS YEAR, AND $7.2
MILLION IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS.
THIS IS THE ONE WHERE WE PASSED
THE RESOLUTION 11951 ABOUT THE
STAKEHOLDER PROCESS.
SO, THAT WILL BE COMING LATER
IN MARCH TO OUR COMMITTEE.
JUST WANTED TO FLAG THOSE FOR
EVERYBODY.
OBVIOUSLY PUT IN MY PLUG FOR
BRIDGES TO THE EXTENT WE CAN
HAVE SOME OF THE $20 FUNDING GO
TOWARD BRIDGES THAT WOULD BE
GREAT SO THAT WE ARE RESPONDING
TO THAT AUDIT FROM OUR CITY
AUDITOR.
REGARDING VISION 0, OUR
TRANSPORTATION DATA FROM 2020
DEMONSTRATES THAT SEATTLE NEEDS
TO DO MUCH MORE WORK TO MEET
OUR VISION 0 SAFETY GOALS OF
SHARPLY REDUCING TRAFFIC
-RELATED DEATHS AND SERIOUS
INJURIES.
WHILE THERE WERE FEWER
COLLISIONS IN 2020 THAN IN
2019, THE REDUCTION IN
FATALITIES WAS DISTURBINGLY
MINIMAL CONSIDERING HOW FEW
VEHICLES WERE ON THE ROADS
SINCE THE MARCH 2020 COVID
SHUTDOWNS, AND HOW MUCH SDOT
HAS BEEN DOING TO IMPROVE
SAFETY SUCH AS LOWERING SPEED
LIMITS AND IMPROVING CROSSWALK
SIGNALS.
UNFORTUNATELY SEATTLE WAS ONE
OF MANY U.S. CITIES WITH THIS
PATTERN LAST YEAR.
THE TRANSPORTATION UTILITIES
COMMITTEE WILL EXPLORE THIS MORE
THIS YEAR, EARLY THIS YEAR.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SDOT
CONTINUING TO INSTALL SAFETY
IMPROVEMENTS AT DANGEROUS
LOCATIONS, INCLUDING RAINIER
AVENUE SOUTH AND STATE HIGHWAY
99, AURORA.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
HEARING NONE, WE'LL GO AHEAD
AND GO DOWN.
I'M SORRY, WE GOT A QUESTION.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
IT'S NOT SO MUCH A QUESTION, I
JUST WANT TO JOIN AND ECHO
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN'S
URGING FOR BIGGER INVESTMENT IN
BRIDGE INFRASTRUCTURE AND
BRIDGE REPLACEMENT.
AS WE HEARD THIS MORNING, FROM
OUR OPS OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL
RELATIONS TEAM, THERE ARE A LOT
OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE
POTENTIALLY IN THE STATE BUDGET.
THERE WILL BE A BIG FEDERAL
INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE. BEING
WELL-POSITIONED WITH THE ASSETS
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN
MENTIONED IN HIS BRIEFINGS, TO
FULLY CAPITALIZE ON THAT
POSSIBLE SUPPORT, IS SOMETHING
THAT I CONTINUE TO BE
INTERESTED IN.
I DO APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN RAISING THAT ISSUE
AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU FOR THOSE
COMMENTS, COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
JUST A REMINDER COLLEAGUES, IF
YOU RAISE YOUR HAND, PLEASE
REMEMBER TO LOWER YOUR HAND
AFTER YOU'VE MADE COMMENTS SO
THAT IT'S EASIER FOR ME TO
TRACK WHO IS IN THE QUEUE AND
WHO IS NOT.
APPRECIATE IT.
OKAY, NEXT UP IS COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT, FOLLOWED BY STRAUSS.
GOOD MORNING.
>> SORRY.
>> THAT'S OKAY, I WAS LIKE I
HAD YOU OFF MUTE, AND THEN YOU
WENT TO MUTE.
GO AHEAD.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GOOD
MORNING.
TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
THERE ARE FIVE ITEMS FROM THE
SENIOR DISABILITY AND RENTERS
RIGHTS COMMITTEE.
THERE ARE THE APPOINTMENTS AND
REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE CITY OF
SEATTLE RENTERS COMMISSION.
WE HAVE REAPPOINTMENTS AND NEW
IMPORTANCE.
LAST TUESDAY WE ALSO DISCUSSED
POSSIBLE LEGISLATION TO EXTEND
THE MORATORIUM ON EVICTIONS AND
ALSO A COMPANION BILL TO
GUARANTEE THE RIGHT TO COUNCIL
TO ALL LEGAL COUNCIL TO ALL
RENTERS FACING EVICTION IN
SEATTLE.
AND SOME OTHER CITIES LIKE NEW
YORK CITY AND SAN FRANCISCO
HAVE ALREADY DONE.
I'M HAPPY TO ALSO SHARE AS WAS
ALSO REPORTED BY THE SEATTLE
TIMES, THAT COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS
HAS JOINED ME IN SUPPORTING
THIS BILL.
NEITHER OF THE BILLS HAVE BEEN
INTRODUCED YET, BUT WE WILL BE
WORKING ON THAT AND WE WILL BE
WORKING WITH COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS' OFFICE ON THE RIGHT TO
úCOUNCIL BILL.
THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED
MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE WILL
BE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23rd AT
2:00 P.M.
MY OFFICE WILL HAVE UPDATES ON
VARIOUS PROPOSALS BETWEEN NOW
AND THEN.
I APPRECIATE THAT COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN BROUGHT UP THE WHAT I
CONSIDERED JUST AN ABSOLUTELY
MIND-BOGGLING OP-ED IN THE
SEATTLE TIMES AND IT TROUBLES
ME.
IT IS DEEPLY TROUBLING TO ME
THAT AS OF LAST NIGHT THIS WAS
THE MOST LIKED ARTICLE BY
ONLINE STATISTICS ON THE
SEATTLE TIMES.
I DO AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN THAT THE CITY COUNCIL
DOES CARE ABOUT TRANSIT, YES,
BUT DURING THE BUDGET, INCREASE
THE AMAZON TAX.
THERE WAS NO AGREEMENT FROM THE
REST OF THE COUNCIL.
THAT IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW
WE SHOULD ACTUALLY BE DOING
THINGS, NOT THAT HE IS RIGHT
ABOUT ANYTHING IN THE ARTICLE.
JUST TO THE POINT.
I DO THINK IT IS QUITE STRIKING
HOW ANTI-WORKER THIS OP-ED IS.
IT'S OBVIOUSLY MOTIVATED BY AN
ATTACK ON THE CITY COUNCIL'S
REALLY IMPORTANT POLICY THAT
WAS PASSED JUST LAST WEEK ON
HAZARD PAY FOR OUR GROCERY
WORKERS WHO ARE TAKING ON REAL
RISKS EVERY DAY DURING THE
PANDEMIC BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING
TO WORK EVERY DAY.
HE SAYS THE HAZARD PAY IS
LIMITED TO GROCERY WORKERS,
WHY, WHAT ABOUT DELIVERED
DRIVERS?
RIDE HAILING DRIVERS, JANITORS,
RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES, ETC.?
THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I'M GLAD JOHN, YOU BROUGHT THAT
UP.
ALL FRONT-LINE WORKERS SHOULD
BE GETTING HAZARD PAY, BUT THAT
IS NOT A REASON TO ATTACK A
REALLY GOOD POLICY FOR
SUPPORTING THOSE WORKERS.
IN FACT, ALL GROCERY WORKERS
SHOULD BE GETTING THE FOUR
DOLLARS HAZARD PAY.
IT IS GOOD NEWS THAT THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA ACTUALLY HAS
ANNOUNCED THAT THEY ARE
CONSIDERING A FIVE DOLLAR
HAZARD PAY FOR GROCERY WORKERS.
THESE ARE BARE MINIMUM
PROPOSALS THAT NEED TO BE DONE
IN THE FACE OF A PANDEMIC AND A
RECESSION.
IT IS HITTING ORDINARY PEOPLE
EXTREMELY HARD.
WE'VE ALREADY HEARD FROM THE
PRESIDENT GONZALES EARLIER THIS
MORNING ABOUT JUST THE STUNNING
INEQUITY IN THE DISSEMINATION
OF THE VACCINATION.
I ALSO WANT TO COMMENT VERY
QUICKLY ON HOW HE ENDED UP AT
BY QUOTING A FAVORITE TO ATTACK
THE IDEA OF A DEMOCRATIC
PROCESS.
THIS IS JUST COMPLETE NONSENSE.
IT IS JUST REALLY TERRIBLE AND
WE SHOULD NOT BE GIVING ANY
CREDENCE TO THIS.
IN FACT, WE SHOULD BE GOING
FORWARD ON PROGRESSIVE POLICIE.
LASTLY, HE SAID IN THE OP-ED,
AND THIS IS PERHAPS THE ONLY
IMPORTANT THING TO TAKE FROM
THIS OP-ED.
HE SAID A BACKLASH WILL
EVENTUALLY COME.
I THINK THAT IS AN IMPORTANT
WARNING.
YES, BIG BILLIONS WILL BE
PUSHING BACK AGAINST THE
PROGRESSIVE POLICIES THAT
CITIES LIKE SEATTLE HAVE
SUCCEEDED IN PASSING BECAUSE OF
THE GRASSROOTS MOVEMENTS THAT
WE HAVE SEEN IN SOME OF THESE
CITIES.
WE SHOULD ACTUALLY BE DEFENDING
THE POLICIES THAT WE HAVE
ALREADY BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH
AND BE PUSHING FORWARD ON MORE
PROGRESSIVE POLICIES.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT.
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU COLLEAGUES, GOOD
MORNING.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS FROM THE
LAND-USE AND NEIGHBORHOODS
COMMUNITY ON THE INTRODUCTION
AND REFERRAL CALENDAR TODAY.
THERE ARE FOUR ITEMS FROM THE
LAND-USE AND NEIGHBORHOODS
COMMITTEE ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
COUNCIL BILL 119992 WHICH
ADOPTS CONSTRUCTION CODES
INCLUDING BOILER CODES,
BUILDING CODES, ELECTRICAL CORD,
FUEL GAS CODE, MECHANICAL CODE,
AND RESIDENTIAL CODE, AS WELL
AS COUNCIL BILL 119993 WHICH
ADOPTS THE NEW SEATTLE ENERGY
CODE.
I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT NOW TO
DISCUSS BOTH OF THESE BILLS AS
WE HEARD THEM IN COMMITTEE AND
THEY PASSED OUT OF COMMITTEE
LAST WEEK DISCUSSING THAT AS WE
TRANSITION OUR SOCIETY TO
ADDRESS THE COMMON PROCESS, WE
ALSO HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THERE
ARE PEOPLE'S LIVES THAT ALSO
MUST CHANGE.
ONE AMENDMENT THAT PASSED IN
COMMITTEE WAS CHANGING THE
IMPLEMENTATION DATE OF SPACE
HEATING CHANGES.
ONE AMENDMENT THAT WAS BROUGHT
FORWARD BUT PULLED BACK WOULD
EXPAND THE SPACE AND WATER
HEATING REQUIREMENTS TO
COMMERCIAL SPACE AND CHANGE
THAT IMPLEMENTATION DATE.
WHILE THESE CHANGES REDUCE OUR
RELIANCE ON NATURAL GAS, WE
WILL NOW RELY MORE HEAVILY ON
HEAT PUMPS.
HEAT PUMPS ALSO RELY ON THE
REGIONS THAT IF NOT MAINTAINED
AND INSPECTED ALSO HAVE A GREAT
IMPACT ON OUR CLIMATE.
UNDERSTANDING THAT MAKING THESE
CHANGES DIRECTLY IMPACT THE
WORK OF OUR UNIONIZED
PIPEFITTERS.
AS WE TRANSITION TO ADDRESS THE
CLIMATE CRISIS, WE ALSO MUST
ENSURE THAT THIS TRANSITION IS
NOT AT THE EXPENSE OF UNION
JOBS THAT PROVIDE FAMILY WAGES
AND APPRENTICESHIPS RATHER THAN
STUDENT DEBT.
SO, THERE'S THREE ITEMS THAT
I'D LIKE TO JUST CALL OUT THAT
WERE NOT ABLE TO BE TAKEN UP IN
THESE TWO BILLS THAT I WILL
NEED TO WORK WITH YOU
COLLEAGUES ON IN ENSURING THAT
THESE NEW CODES ARE IMPLEMENTED
WELL AND THAT UNION JOBS ARE
ALSO UTILIZED TO MAINTAIN AND
INSPECT THESE NEW PRODUCTS.
INSPECTIONS ARE AN ASPECT OF
OUR CODE THAT IS ADMINISTERED
THROUGH THE SEATTLE KING COUNTY
BOARD OF HEALTH.
I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA ABOUT
WORKING TO ENSURE THE
INSPECTIONS REQUIRE A UNIONIZED
INSPECTOR WHO IS MAINTAINING
THE DEVICES TO BE ON SITE
DURING THESE INSPECTIONS.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA FOR ALSO MANAGING MY
EXPECTATIONS THAT THE BOARD OF
HEALTH IS RESPONDING TO THE
COVID CRISIS AND THAT THAT IS
THE APPROPRIATE PLACE.
ALSO, WITH DECOMMISSIONED LINES,
ONE ASPECT THAT OCCURRED IN THE
GREENWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD BEFORE I
CAME INTO OFFICE, WAS THAT A
DECOMMISSIONED LINE WAS NOT
ACTUALLY DECOMMISSIONED, WHICH
LED TO THE GREENWOOD EXPLOSION.
FROM MY RESEARCH, IT IS MY
UNDERSTANDING NOW THAT THIS IS
HOUSED WITHIN THE FIRE CODE.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD I WILL BE
WORKING WITH YOU TO ENSURE THAT
WE CAN HAVE THE PROPER
MAINTENANCE INSPECTION
DECOMMISSIONING OF NATURAL GAS
LINES ONCE THEY ARE NO LONGER
USED.
THIRDLY, CREATING ADDITIONAL
STRUCTURAL SAFETY FOR EXISTING
NATURAL GAS LINES WITHIN
BUILDINGS. THIS WILL HAVE TO
COME IN THE NEXT ROUND OF
BUILDING CODES.
I WAS NOT ABLE TO GET THIS INTO
THIS ROUND OF BUILDING CODES.
THAT IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING
THAT I WILL BE MOVING FORWARD
ON MY OWN.
I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THAT
MOMENT TO UNDERSTAND THAT AS WE
TRANSITION TO ADDRESS THE
CLIMATE CRISIS, WE ALSO MUST
ENSURE IF WE ARE MAINTAINING
DECOMMISSIONING AND INSPECTING
ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT LINES IN
N APPROPRIATE MANNER.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT 50% OF FIRES
DURING SEISMIC EVENTS ARE DUE
TO NATURAL GAS LINES.
WE NEED TO ENSURE PUBLIC SAFETY
AND ENSURE THAT UNION JOBS ARE
DOING THIS GREAT WORK.
WE KNOW THAT WHEN UNIONS ARE
DOING THE TASK, IT IS DONE TO A
HIGHER STANDARD.
OTHER LAND-USE AND NEIGHBORHOODS
BILLS COMING BEFORE FULL
COUNCIL THIS AFTERNOON IS CLERK
FILE 314461.
AN APPLICATION TO EXTEND THE
CONTRADICTION RE-ZONE OF 1106
34th AVENUE.
AND COUNCIL BILL 119876 WHICH
OF THE COUNCIL BUT FOR THAT
CONTRACT REZONE.
ADDITIONALLY WE ARE PLANNING TO
CANCEL THE FEBRUARY 10th
MEETING OF THE LAND-USE AND
NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE.
THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE ON
FEBRUARY 24th.
EVENTS, LAST MONDAY MY STAFF
INTENDED THE THREE MEN
NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL MEETING.
I ASCENDED OF THE ASSOCIATION
OF WASHINGTON STUDIES
ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON
CITIES LEGISLATIVE POLICY
COMMITTEE.
THIS WEEK WE ARE MEETING WITH
36 DELEGATIONS OF A REGIONAL
TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR.
I AM PARTICIPATING ON MY LONG-
AWAITED HEALTHONE RIDE ALONG.
I WILL BE ATTENDING THE
WALLINGFORD COMMUNITY COUNCIL
MEETING THIS WEDNESDAY AND THAT
HAS CREATED A CONFLICT WITH
ATTENDING THE NORTH CREASE OF
FIERY COMMUNITY COUNCIL.
WE ARE ENSURING THAT STAFF WILL
BE PRESENT THERE AS WELL AS MY
STAFF WILL BE ATTENDING THE
THINNING REACH COMMUNITY
COUNCIL ON TUESDAY.
HERE IN DISTRICT 6 I CONTINUE
TO ALL DISTRICT 6 OFFICE HOURS.
LAST WEEK I HAD ROBUST
CONVERSATIONS WITH NEIGHBORS
FROM DOWNTOWN VALID.
VALID THAT IS NOT DOWNTOWN
VALID.
FREMONT. WE DISCUSS POLICE
REFORMS, NEIGHBORS EXPRESSING
INTEREST IN JOINING EXISTING
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES TO
SUPPORT CLEAN CITIES INITIATIVE.
THE IMPACT NEIGHBORS HAVE. THE
CITY CONTINUING TO LET PEOPLE
SUFFER IN OUR STREETS.
I WANT TO THANK THE DISTRICT 6
NEIGHBORS FOR GIVING ME THEIR
TIME.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SPEAKING WITH
RESIDENTS ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY
4th AGAIN.
WE HAVE TIME BEFORE AND AFTER
THE TYPICAL 9:00 TO 5:00 OFFICE
HOURS.
LASTLY, AND NOT LEAST, HAPPY
BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
THIS IS A MONTH DEDICATED TO
LEARNING AND REFLECTING ON THE
ACHIEVEMENTS OF BLACK PEOPLE
AND THEIR TREMENDOUS ROLE IN
SHAPING THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
THIS YEAR'S THEME, THE BLACK
FAMILY REPRESENTATION, IDENTITY
AND DIVERSITY.
2020 WAS A YEAR THAT MADE THEIR
WORLD STOP AND LOOK AT RACISM
PRESENT IN OUR WORLD.
FOR US HERE, HOW RACISM
OPERATES WITHIN OUR
INSTITUTIONS.
WE HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE OUR
SOCIETY AND TO BEGIN TO WRITE
HISTORICAL WRONGS.
COLLEAGUES, I LOOK FORWARD TO
ENDEAVORING ON THIS WORK WITH
YOU.
THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND
COLLEAGUES.
THAT IS MY REPORT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS FOR THAT REPORT.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS ON THAT REPORT?
HEARING NONE, WE'LL MOVE DOWN
THE LINE.
NEXT UP, HERBOLD.
AND THEN JUAREZ.
>> GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
FIRST OFF, JUST WANT TO SHARE
THAT THERE IS ONE ITEM ON THE
FULL COUNCIL AGENDA TODAY AT
2:00.
THAT IS AN ITEM FROM MY PUBLIC
SAFETY AND HUMAN SERVICES
COMMITTEE.
IT IS AN APPOINTMENT TO THE
DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
HE WAS INTRODUCED BY THE DEPUTY
MAYOR ON JANUARY 12th.
MY OFFICE THEN FOLLOWED UP WITH
A LIST OF 34 QUESTIONS, MANY OF
THEM SUBMITTED BY FELLOW
COUNCILMEMBERS.
DEVELOPED ALSO BY COUNCIL
STAFF.
THEY RETURNED THOSE QUESTIONS
WHICH WERE THEN DISCUSSED AT
THE MEETING ON JANUARY 26th.
THE COMMITTEE VOTED UNANIMOUSLY
IN FAVOR OF HER APPOINTMENT.
SOME QUICK BACKGROUND ON HER.
OVER 20 YEARS OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE AT THE
LOCAL, STATE, AND NATIONAL
LEVELS.
MOST RECENTLY SERVED AS
EMERGENCY MANAGER FOR THE CITY
OF BELLEVUE.
OVERSEEING THE DESIGN AND
IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPREHENSIVE
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS.
SHE ALSO PREVIOUSLY WORKED FOR
THE CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR'S
OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES
WHERE SHE SERVED IN A NUMBER OF
ROLES OVER THE COURSE OF NEARLY
20 YEARS.
THERE WILL NOT BE A PUBLIC
SAFETY AND HUMAN SERVICES
COMMITTEE MEETING THIS WEEK,
BUT THERE IS ONE COMING UP NEXT
WEEK.
ITEMS RELATED TO MY COMMITTEE
PORTFOLIO INCLUDE MY WEEKLY
ANNOUNCEMENT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
TESTING ADMINISTERED AT THEIR
FOUR SITES.
IT IS NOW CUMULATIVE NEARLY
600,000 TESTS.
THROUGH JUNE 5th THROUGH
JANUARY 20th.
AS IT RELATES TO ASSET VISION,
WE KNOW IN KING COUNTY, 181,000
PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED AT LEAST
ONE DOSE OF THE VACCINE.
38,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
VACCINATED WITH TWO DOSES.
AS A COMPARISON TO THE
PERCENTAGE OF FOLKS THAT THAT
MEANS HAVE BEEN VACCINATED OR
HAD THEIR FIRST VACCINATION, IN
KING COUNTY, WE ARE LOOKING AT
ABOUT 7.09% OF KING COUNTY
POPULATION AS COMPARED TO
STATEWIDE ABOUT 6.75%.
THE NUMBERS RELATED TO
DEMOGRAPHICS THAT ARE AVAILABLE
ON KING COUNTY SHOWED THAT
ALTHOUGH BLACK AND AFRICAN-
AMERICAN RESIDENTS MAKE UP 6%
OF KING COUNTY'S POPULATION,
ONLY 3.5% OF THAT DEMOGRAPHIC
HAVE RECEIVED VACCINATIONS.
THERE IS A LOT OF VARIANCE IN
HOW DATA ON RACE IS COLLECTED
THAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO
COMPARE.
FOR INSTANCE, THE CENSUS HAS A
OPTION FOR HISPANIC, BUT IT
DOES NOT REFLECT IN THE
INFORMATION PROVIDED BY KING
COUNTY.
THERE IS ALSO OF COURSE THE
MORE THAN ONE RACE SPECIFIED
CATEGORY.
AGAIN, IT MAKES IT CHALLENGING
TO EXAMINE FURTHER OUR WORK
TOWARDS ELIMINATING DISPARITIES,
BUT I THINK IT DOES CERTAINLY
MAKE THE CASE THAT WE HAVE A
WAYS TO GO.
AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO
THE VERY SMALL PROGRAM THAT THE
CITY IS DOING RIGHT NOW, AGAIN
I WANT TO EMPHASIZE, THIS IS A
VERY SMALL PROGRAM.
BECAUSE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS
NOT BEEN ALLOCATED VERY MANY
DOSES AT THIS POINT.
WE WANT TO THANK THE HUMAN
SERVICE DEPARTMENT, AND
PARTICULARLY THE AGING AND
DISABILITY SERVICES STAFF, WHO
ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SEATTLE KING
COUNTY.
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND COMMUNITY
PARTNERS.
TO IDENTIFY SITES FOR THE
SEATTLE FIRE MOBILE VACCINATION
TEAM OPERATIONS.
THEY ARE EXCLUSIVELY BOOKED
RIGHT NOW ON HIGH RISK
POPULATIONS SUCH AS MEDICAID,
LONG-TERM CARE, CASE MANAGEMENT
CLIENTS.
AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES
CASE MANAGERS ARE SUPPORTING
VCCINATION SITES AND SHA
SENIOR HOUSING AND ENGAGING
AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES
STAFF TO ENCOURAGE COVID
VACCINE PARTICIPATION.
I'M GOING TO BE READING
TOMORROW WITH REPRESENTATIVES
FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO
BETTER UNDERSTAND THE PLANNING
PROCEDURES FOR CITY SPONSORED
VACCINATION SITES.
ONCE WE GET MORE ACCESS TO
ADDITIONAL VACCINES, SUCH AS
LEARNING MORE ABOUT HOW
PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY-
BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER
GROUPS THAT REPRESENT HIGH-
PRIORITY POPULATIONS, SUCH AS
THE PARTNERSHIP WITH UFC W LAST
WEEK.
HOPEFULLY EVENTUAL MASS
VACCINATION SITES SIMILAR TO
THE DRIVE UP OR WALK UP COVID
TESTING SITES THAT THE CITY
CURRENTLY RUNS.
AGAIN, THE CITY REPORT SAID IT
HAS THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO TURN
WHAT WAS TESTING SITES INTO
VACCINATION SITES, BUT WE ARE
REALLY DEPENDENT ON GETTING
ACCESS TO MORE VACCINES.
THE CITY REPORTS IT IS
PREPARING TO PARTIALLY, OR
FULLY CONVERT TWO OR MORE
TESTING SITES INTO VACCINATION
SITES.
I WAS ABLE TO ANNOUNCE LAST
FRIDAY THAT I RECEIVED
CONFIRMATION FROM THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE THAT WEST SEATTLE WILL
HOST A VACCINATION SITE AGAIN
WEN THERE IS ADEQUATE SUPPLY
OF VACCINE.
AFTER READING THE ALARMING
REPORTS THAT I KNOW YOU ALL
HAVE ALSO READ OF MULTIPLE AREA
HOSPITALS PROVIDING PRIORITY
ACCESS TO VACCINES TO THEIR
WEALTHIEST DONORS, LAST WEEK I
SENT AN EMAIL TO THE SECRETARY
OF HEALTH AND THE DEPUTY
SECRETARY FOR CO-COVID RESPONSE
AT THE WASHINGTON STATE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
I WROTE TO THEM THAT I WAS
DISMAYED TO READ REPORTS OF
LOCAL HOSPITALS OFFERING THEIR
TOP DONORS PREFERENTIAL ACCESS
TO PRECIOUS AND RARE COVID
VACCINE DOSES.
I TOLD THEM HOW I REGULAR HEAR
FROM RESIDENTS OF MY DISTRICT
IN SOUTHWEST SEATTLE WHO ARE
CURRENTLY ELIGIBLE FOR
VACCINATION AND DESPERATE TO
RECEIVE THE VACCINATION,
ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH
ADDITIONAL VULNERABILITIES, WHO
ARE ALL BUT HOUSEBOUND DUE TO
THEIR FEAR OF CONTRACTING
CORONAVIRUS.
I WROTE THAT I HAVE BEEN
PARTICULARLY CONCERNED AS MY
DISTRICT IS IN SOUTHWEST
SEATTLE, AND MANY OF MY
CONSTITUENTS BELONG TO
VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES
EXPERIENCING THE HIGHEST LEVELS
OF COVID IMPACT AND OFTEN
UNABLE TO EASILY NAVIGATE
ONLINE SYSTEMS SUCH AS PHASE
FINDER TO GET UP-TO-DATE
INFORMATION ABOUT VACCINE
AVAILABILITY.
I WROTE THAT, I BELIEVE THAT
THE ACTION OF LEADERS THAT
OVERLOOK HOSPITALS AMOUNT TO
SELLING THE VACCINE TO THE
HIGHEST BIDDER WHILE MANY MORE
VULNERABLE RESIDENTS WAIT,
WORRY, AND SUFFER.
I WAS REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT
MAYOR DURKAN SPOKE UP STRONGLY
AGAINST THIS PRACTICE.
I ASKED IN MY LETTER THAT THE
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH PUT OUT A STATEMENT
CLEARLY STATING THAT THE
PRACTICE IS UNACCEPTABLE AND
THAT ANY PROVIDERS WHO
ADMINISTER VACCINES MUST TAKE
STEPS TO ENSURE THAT VACCINES
ARE NOT PRIORITIZED BASED ON
WEALTH AND THAT WE MUST MAKE IT
CLEAR THAT JUMPING THE LINE IS
UNACCEPTABLE SO THAT VACCINE IS
PRESERVED FOR THOSE MOST AT
RISK.
I ALSO ASKED FOR INFORMATION
ABOUT THE CORRECTIVE ACTION
THAT THE WASHINGTON STATE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS
PLANNING ON UNDERTAKING TO
GUARD AGAINST THIS PRACTICE IN
THE FUTURE AND TO ADMONISH
PROVIDERS WHO HAVE ALREADY
ENGAGED IN IT.
OVER THE WEEKEND, THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH DID MAKE A
POST ON FACEBOOK CALLING THE
PRACTICE EGREGIOUSLY
INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR.
SAYING IN PART THAT CAVALIER
DISREGARD FOR AN ALLOCATION
STRATEGY THAT PRIORITIZED MOST
AT RISK AND DISPROPORTIONATELY
IMPACTED POPULATIONS IS
ACCEPTABLE.
THEY SAID THE PRACTICE IS
WRONG, INEQUITABLE, AND MUST
STOP IMMEDIATELY.
THEY WROTE THAT FACILITIES OR
ORGANIZATIONS FOUND TO ENGAGE
IN THIS PRACTICE RISK NOT
RECEIVING ADDITIONAL SHIPMENTS
OF VACCINE.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH'S CLEAR
STATEMENT AGAINST THE PRACTICE
OF PRIORITIZING VACCINE TO THE
WEALTHIEST.
AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO COME
UP SUPPLY FOR ORGANIZATIONS WHO
ARE ENGAGING IN.
IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT WE DO
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO EARN THE
TRUST OF SEATTLE RESIDENTS
RIGHT NOW IN A REALLY CONFUSING
AND FRUSTRATING VACCINE ROLLOUT.
ANY INSTITUTION THAT PROVES
ITSELF UNWORTHY OF THAT TRUST
SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO
DISTRIBUTE VACCINES AND WE MUST
ENSURE THAT OUR COMMUNITIES'
MOST VULNERABLE ARE FIRST IN
LINE, NOT LAUGH.
RECEIVED THIS LIFE-SAVING
VACCINE.
OTHER ITEMS COMING UP FOR ME
THIS WEEK INCLUDE A REGIONAL
ORDER EQUALITY MEETING ON
WEDNESDAY.
LAST WEEK I HELD OFFICE HOURS
BETWEEN 2:00 AND 6:00 P.M.
I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR
THIS MORNING.
IT IS, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
THAT IS PLENTY FOR US TO CHEW
ON AND TO THINK ABOUT.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
REMARKS, SPECIFICALLY RELATED
TO THE COVID VACCINATION.
COULDN'T AGREE MORE WITH YOU
TOWARD HAVING TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE HAVE ALIGNED EFFORTS TO HAVE
A LOT OF INTEREST ACROSS THE
CITY AND ACROSS THE REGION.
REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING
SURE THAT WE CAN FIND THAT
ALIGNMENT AND CONTINUE TO MOVE
THIS REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUE
HERE. D TOWARDS REAL SOLUTIONS
SO, I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE
WORK THAT YOU DID ALREADY IN
THE BACKGROUND ON THAT ISSUE.
COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS FOR COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD?
HEARING NONE, WE'RE GOING TO GO
DOWN THE LINE.
NEXT UP IS COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ, FOLLOWED BY
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> GOOD MORNING.
BEFORE I BEGIN, I WANT TO MAKE
A FEW COMMENTS, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT AND CERTAINLY WITH
WHAT COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
SHARED ON THE VACCINES.
TWO THINGS, AND I WILL HAVE
MORE FOR YOU NEXT MONDAY ON THE
FIRST ITEM.
VERY QUICKLY, THE SEATTLE
INDIAN HEALTH BOARD, THE URBAN
INDIAN HEALTH INSTITUTE JUST
PUT OUT THEIR REPORT ON THE
NATIONAL SURVEY OF COVID-19
VACCINATIONS.
THAT IS OBVIOUSLY GIVING THE
SHOTS IN THE ARM, NOT ONLY IN
INDIAN COMMUNITIES BUT URBAN
INDIAN COMMUNITIES.
THE REPORT IS JUST PHENOMENAL
WITH THE METHODOLOGY, BUT THE
THINGS THAT STOOD OUT FOR ME,
IT IS TITLED STRENGTHEN THESE
VACCINE EFFORTS IN INDIAN
COUNTRY.
NATIVE COMMUNITIES IN THE CITY
AND IN INDIAN COUNTRY VALUE
GENEROSITY OVER WEALTH.
THAT WE DISCOURAGE INDIVIDUALS
-- INDIVIDUALISTIC THINKING.
WE MAKE THESE DECISIONS FOR THE
GOOD OF THE WHOLE, AND THAT ALL
OF THESE PARTICIPANTS, A COUPLE
THOUSAND, MORE THAN THAT, 75%
OF NATIVE PEOPLE WERE WILLING
TO TAKE THE VACCINE IF IT IS
GOING TO PROTECT THEIR
COMMUNITY.
WE'VE SEEN THIS UP AT McCALL.
WE'VE SEEN THIS IN THE SIOUX
NATION.
WE'VE SEEN THIS IN THE NAVAJO
NATION.
IF YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY, AND
I WILL SEND YOU THE REPORT
BECAUSE SOME OF THE ISSUES IN
THERE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, KIND
OF TOUCH BACK TO SOME OF THE
THINGS THAT COUNCILMEMBER
MORALES WAS SPEAKING ABOUT THAT
WE WERE ALL TALK ABOUT WITH
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING.
I KNOW IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A
LINK, BUT IT BASICALLY IS.
IT'S ABOUT HAVING A MISSION
STATEMENT.
THE PEOPLE TAKING AGENCY TO
CORRECT OR DECOLONIZE AND
CHANGE THE SYSTEM BY THE PEOPLE
WHO IT IS MOST -- ARE MOST
IMPACTED BY IT.
THAT'S WHAT THE STUDY REFLECTS.
I HOPE YOU ALL GET A CHANCE TO
LOOK AT IT.
I WOULDN'T EXPECT YOU TO READ
ALL 40 PAGES OF IT.
A LOT OF THE COMMENTS AND THE
PULLOUTS AND THE SIDEBARS ARE
REALLY PERTINENT TO SOME OF THE
ISSUES WE TALKED TO TODAY.
NOT ONLY ABOUT THE VACCINATION
BUT ALSO ABOUT SOME OF THE
THEMES OF THE SUPPOSEDLY TRIED
BUDGETING.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I'M HOPING
WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU WITH
YOUR RESOLUTION AND HAVE SOME
COMMENTS TO INSERT IN THAT AS
WELL AS WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING
WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
SOME OF YOU I SHARED WITH YOU,
BUT JUST BRIEFLY, GETTING BACK
TO THE VACCINE AGAIN.
I LISTENED TO OR PARTICIPATED,
OR ACTUALLY LISTEN TO, AND I
THINK I SHARE THIS WITH SOME
PEOPLE.
TO A SERIES LAST WEEK CALLED
MODERN CREDIT SYSTEMS OF
ALTERNATIVE DATA AND THE
AMERICAN DREAM.
I WON'T GO INTO ALL THE
SPEAKERS, THEY ARE ALL AMAZING,
BUT ONE IN PARTICULAR STOOD OUT
THIS MORNING.
REGARDING THE VACCINE.
THE STAFF ATTORNEY WITH THE
NATIONAL CONSUMER CREDIT
REGISTRY REPORTED THAT A CREDIT
AGENCY WAS USING PEOPLE'S
CREDIT SCORE TO DETERMINE WHO
GETS THE VACCINE.
WHICH IS UNCONSCIONABLE AND
CRAZY.
THAT WE ALREADY KNOW THAT
PEOPLE USE CREDIT SCORES TO
GUIDE HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT.
TO USE IT, USUALLY AS AN
EXCLUSIONARY TOOL, BUT TO USE
IT AS A TOOL, YOUR CREDIT SCORE,
WHETHER OR NOT YOU CAN GET THE
VACCINE AS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT
IS HAPPENING ON A NATIONAL
BASIS.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND
COLLEAGUES, I CAN SHARE THAT
INFORMATION WITH YOU.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE
SHE'S THE STAFF ATTORNEY FOR
THE NATIONAL CONSUMER CREDIT
REGISTRY.
IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE.
THESE THINGS ARE ALL CONNECTED.
THE ECONOMY, HEALTH, ALL THESE
THINGS ARE CONNECTED.
I THINK AS LEADERS IT'S OUR JOB
TO SEE THOSE CONNECTIONS AND
HOW WE CAN LEVERAGE THEM AND
MAKE CHANGE.
I WON'T GO ON ANYMORE ABOUT
THAT.
THOSE ARE JUST MY COMMENTS AND
NOTES FROM LISTENING TO THIS
MORNING'S BRIEFINGS.
I WILL GET TO MY COUNCIL
BRIEFING , THE STUFF I'M
SUPPOSED TO BE SAYING.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS OF THE
PUBLIC ASSET AND NATIVE
COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE ON THIS
AFTERNOON'S COUNCIL AGENDA.
THE FEBRUARY 2nd COMMITTEE
MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELED.
I'LL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH SOUND
TRANSIT.
SOUND TRANSIT HAS HIRED AN
INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT CALLED
TREE UNITY CONSULTING.
TO PROVIDE AN INDEPENDENT COST
ANALYSIS OF SOUND TRANSIT'S
PROJECT ESTIMATES.
WE MET WITH THEM LAST WEEK.
IT INCLUDES SEVERAL CONSULTING
GROUPS.
THEY PRESENTED AT LAST WEEK'S
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETINGS.
THEIR WORK WILL PROVIDE THE
BOARD A SERIES OF
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL
APPROVE THE PROJECT
DEVELOPMENT, DESIGN MANAGEMENT
PROCESS AND IMPROVE MANAGING
RISKS OF THE HIGHLY COMPLEX
CAPITAL PROJECTS.
THEY WILL REPORT BACK TO US IN
MARCH AND BASICALLY WHAT THIS
IS A FANCY WAY OF SAYING IS,
THIS IS A THIRD-PARTY VALIDATOR
TO LOOK AT WHAT SOUND TRANSIT
NUMBERS ARE TO SEE IF THEY ARE
SOUND AND LIGHT OF CONSTRUCTION
COSTS, PROPERTY COSTS, MODELING,
METHODOLOGY.
WHILE THE EIS IS STILL PENDING
AND SOME OTHER ISSUES AS WELL.
I THINK I'VE BEEN SHARING WITH
THAT EVERY MONDAY AND I WILL
GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION THIS
COMING MONDAY.
IN REGARDS TO PARKS, AS YOU ALL
KNOW, THE MENTOR PARK DISTRICT,
WE HAVE A DELAY IN OUR SIX YEAR
PLAN.
LAST THURSDAY, PARKS AND REC
ANNOUNCED THEY ARE DELAYING THE
NEXT SIX YEAR PARK DISTRICT AND
PLANNING PROCESS SPENDING PLAN
BY ANOTHER YEAR.
IN THE FALL OF 2021, THE
SEATTLE PARK DISTRICT GOVERNING
BOARD, WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF
US, WILL IMPROVE AND INCLUDE A
BUDGET PROPOSAL FOR 2022 RATHER
THAN A SIX YEAR SPENDING PLAN.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN LASER
FOCUSED ON ESSENTIAL EMERGENCY
SERVICES.
THOSE CRITICAL SERVICES INCLUDE
CHILDCARE, THE SHOWERS, THE
PICKING OF THE MEALS IN THE
GARBAGE.
HOW WE ARE USING COMMUNITY
CENTERS DIFFERENTLY NOW.
IN LIGHT OF THE HEALTH AND
ECONOMIC IMPACTS, WE KNOW THAT
THAT HAS CHANGED WHAT OUR GOALS
ARE FOR THE SIX YEAR PLAN.
WE KIND OF HAVE TO GET OUR FEET
ADDRESSED TO DECIDE AND LOOK AT
WHAT THAT MEANS.
GET COMMUNITY OUTPUT OR INPUT
I'M SORRY FROM THAT.
THIS WILL OCCUR AS PART OF THE
CITY COUNCIL'S REVIEW OF THE
MAYOR'S 2022 BUDGET AS YOU
KNOW.
WE ALWAYS DO THE SIX YEAR PLAN
DURING BUDGET CYCLE.
I ALSO SENT EVERYONE AN EMAIL
LAST THURSDAY ABOUT MY SUPPORT
FOR THIS DECISION AS WELL AS
DETAILS OF NEXT STEPS.
WE MET WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT
LAST WEEK ABOUT THIS WITH
CENTRAL STAFF.
IF YOU HAVEN'T RECEIVED IT,
PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND WE WILL
RESEND IT.
IT ALSO INCLUDES MEETING DATES
FOR 2021.
SOUTHLAKE COMMUNITY CENTER.
THE ONLINE OPEN HOUSE FOR
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND
RECREATION PRIORITIES FOR THE
NEW SOUTHLAKE UNION COMMUNITY
CENTER, PART OF THE MEGA BLOCK
DEVELOPING, IS LIVE UNTIL
FEBRUARY 18th.
MY OFFICE WILL TWEET THE LINK
THIS MORNING AND IT WILL BE
LISTED IN MY WEEKLY SEATTLE
PARKS AND RECREATION EMAIL
REPORT THAT I SEND TO YOU EACH
MONDAY.
WE JUST RECEIVED THIS NOTICE ON
FRIDAY.
SO, AND IT IS JUST IN THE
DESIGN PHASE.
WE WILL HAVE MORE TO COME ON
THAT.
THE SALMON BAY PARK, THAT'S THE
ONE LOCATED IN BALLARD, ON
JANUARY 21st SEATTLE PARTS OF A
VIRTUAL PUBLIC HEALTH MEETING
TO SHARE THREE CONCEPT DESIGNS
FOR THE PLAY AREA RENOVATION.
ABOUT 20 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE
MEETING AND PROVIDED IMPORTANT
INPUT ABOUT THE CONCEPTS.
THE DESIGN IS MOVING FORWARD.
QUEEN CITY INITIATIVE AND FOR,
THE NUMBERS THAT I GIVE YOU
EVERY MONDAY ARE NOT
CUMULATIVE.
THEY ARE ACTUALLY NEW NUMBERS
I'LL JUST GO THROUGH IT.
ON THE NEEDLES ON THE POUNDS OF
TRASH.
FROM THE WEEK FROM JANUARY 18th
TO THE 24th, THEY RECOVERED
1339 NEEDLES.
THEY WERE REMOVED FROM
ENCAMPMENT LOCATIONS.
THEY COLLECTED 106,560 POUNDS
OF TRASH THAT WAS REMOVED FROM
44 ENCAMPMENT LOCATIONS.
TWO PARK CLEANUPS.
THAT WOULD BE THE MERIDIAN
PLAYGROUND AND WOODLAND PARK.
AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL NEW
UPDATES, NOT CUMULATIVE.
SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION
SERVED 406 USERS FROM JANUARY
20th THROUGH THE 26th.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE THERE.
SO, LET ME GIVE YOU A QUICK
HIGHLIGHT FROM LAST WEEK WHICH
I'M REALLY EXCITED.
THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE'VE
BEEN WORKING ON SINCE 2019.
LAST FRIDAY I MET WITH THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT.
TO RECEIVE AN UPDATE OF THE
NORTHGATE COMMONS REDEVELOPMENT
PROJECT.
THIS 8.5 ACRE DEVELOPMENT AIMS
TO DOUBLE THE CURRENT
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND IS
PROJECTED TO BUILD 12 TO 1400
AFFORDABLE AND MARKET RATE
UNITS.
IF YOU REMEMBER, LAST YEAR, WE
BOUGHT THE 8.6 ACRES IN
DECEMBER.
WE CLOSED DECEMBER OF 2019.
OF THIS 8.6 ACRES FOR $65
MILLION.
CURRENTLY AT HOUSES 211 LOW
INCOME FOLKS IN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
WE HOPE TO DOUBLE THAT TO 244,
BUT WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO GO
UP TO 1400.
THIS IS REALLY BIG AND THIS IS
WHAT THEY ARE CALLING THE
NORTHGATE COMMONS BECAUSE AS
YOU KNOW, IT WILL BE NEXT TO
LORI GRAIL.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT NOW IS
SO EXCITING.
WE ARE MEETING WITH ANDREW LAST
WEEK.
IT'S GOING TO BE MIXED-USE.
COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES,
BUSINESSES AND MARKET RATE
HOUSING.
SO, WILL USE THE MICROWAVE SIDE
TO LEVERAGE FOR THE LOW INCOME
AFFORDABLE HOUSING SIDE.
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING
THERE NOW GET TO COME BACK.
SO, THAT'S EXCITING.
AT LEAST WE KNOW WE WILL HAVE
211, HOPEFULLY 422, AND
HOPEFULLY WE CAN GO UP HIGHER.
LET'S SEE.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE WORKING,
SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND
OFFICE OF HOUSING ARE WORKING
ON A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT THAT
OUTLINES EXPECTATIONS AND
IDENTIFIES THE PROSPECTIVE
ROLES.
WE EXPECT TO BRING THIS
AGREEMENT TO COUNCIL IN 2021.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
CLOSELY WITH COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA, CHAIR OF THE FINANCE
AND HOUSING COMMITTEE AS WE
MOVE FORWARD.
THIS HAS BEEN DUBBED THE
CREATIVE NORTHGATE COMMONS
ALLOWANCE.
WE WILL HAVE HEAVY INFLUENCE
FROM DIVINITY.
WHAT THOSE OTHER PARCELS WILL
BE WITH MIXED-USE BESIDES JUST
MARKET RATE, CONDOS, WE WANT
BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY SPACE
PERFORMING ARTS SPACE, WE ARE
REALLY GOING TO NAIL DOWN WITH
THESE WITH THE NORTH END NEEDS
AND KEEP THAT 10 MINUTE WALK
SHED.
SO PEOPLE CAN GET TO LIGHT RAIL.
THIS WEEK AHEAD I WILL BE
ATTENDING SOUND TRANSIT RIDER
EXPERIENCE AND OPERATIONS
COMMITTEE MEETING ON THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY 4th, 2021.
I THINK I NOTED THIS MORNING
THAT HOUSE BILL 1031 WE ARE
STILL LOOKING AT THE HOW WE ARE
GOING TO LOOK AT THEIR
ENFORCEMENT.
THAT IS STILL PENDING IN OUR
SUBCOMMITTEE.
IT IS SUBJECT BY JOE McDERMOTT.
OUR OPERATIONS MEETING IS
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4th.
I THINK I SAID THAT.
OH, AND FINALLY, TWO THINGS.
WOODLAND PARK ZOO, I WILL BE
MEETING WITH ALESSANDRO THE CEO
OF THE WOODLAND PARK ZOO TO
REVISIT THE MANAGEMENT AND
OPERATIONS AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE ZOO AND THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
I GUESS WE HAVE SOME NEW
CHANGES COMING UP.
FINALLY, TODAY, I GET TO BE ON
THE NATHAN HALE PODCAST.
YEAH, SO MYSELF AND MY STAFF.
WE'LL BE SITTING DOWN WITH
NATHAN HALE SCHOOL STUDENTS TO
RECORD A PODCAST FOR THE
SCHOOL'S NEWSPAPER WHERE WE
WILL DISCUSS BEING A WOMAN IN
POLITICS.
WE'LL TRY TO TALK ABOUT THE
GOOD STUFF.
THAT'S IT.
>> I LOVE A REPORT THAT ENDS
WITH A LITTLE BIT OF SHADE
THROWN IN THERE.
>> IT'S ALL FUN AND GAMES.
>> IT'S ALL FUN AND GAMES UNTIL
SOMEONE THROWS SHADE YOUR WAY.
>> EXACTLY, THANK YOU.
>> THANKS, COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ.
REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT
ROBUST REPORT THIS MORNING.
LOTS OF GOOD WORK HAPPENING
ACROSS THE CITY.
NEXT UP, UNLESS HAVE COMMENTS
OR QUESTIONS.
ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR
QUESTIONS FOR COUNCILMEMBER
JUAREZ?
OKAY, HEARING NONE, WE'LL GO
AHEAD AND MOVE DOWN TO
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
THEN, I'LL ROUND US OUT THIS
MORNING.
TAKE IT AWAY, COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT.
ONLY A FEW THINGS THIS MORNING.
>> FIRST OFF I DO HAVE
RESOLUTION 31987 ON THE DOCKET
FOR THIS AFTERNOON.
THIS IS A RESOLUTION SPONSORING
THE MEMBERSHIP FOR THE KING
COUNTY REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS
AUTHORITY.
THE WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION OF
CITIES RISK AND MANAGEMENT POOL.
THE APPLICATION TO GET INTO
THAT RISK MANAGEMENT POOL.
I'M GOING TO RESERVE MY
COMMENTS ON THAT UNTIL THIS
AFTERNOON.
DID PASS UNANIMOUSLY OUT OF THE
SELECT COMMITTEE ON
HOMELESSNESS STRATEGIES AND
INVESTMENTS LAST WEEK.
I LOOK FORWARD TO CONSIDERING
THAT LATER.
I DO WANT TO JUST DO A BRIEF
SHOUT OUT TO FOLKS LAST WEEK.
MY OFFICE LAUNCHED OUR IT TAKES
A VILLAGE INITIATIVE TO SCALE
UP ADDITIONAL TINY HOUSE
VILLAGES BY ENGAGING IN
PARTNERSHIPS WITH NONPROFITS,
SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND INDEED
SOME MEMBERS OF THE BUSINESS
COMMUNITY.
REALLY APPRECIATE THE BIG
OUTFLOW OF SUPPORT FOR THAT
INITIATIVE AND THAT MEASURE TO
REALLY REALIZE HOW WE CAN COME
TOGETHER AND PUT MORE RESOURCES
INTO SOMETHING THAT WE ALL AGREE
HAS BEEN A POSITIVE INTERVENTION
OF THE VARIOUS HOMELESSNESS
INITIATIVES THAT THE CITY HAS
INVESTED IN.
I LOOK FORWARD TO UPDATING THE
COUNCIL AS THAT GOES ON AS WELL
AS UPDATES ON THE SHELTER SURGE
THAT THE EXECUTOR, WELL THAT
THIS COUNCIL PUT FORWARD AND
THAT THE EXECUTIVES CURRENTLY
CHARGE WITH TEMP LAMENTING . I
CAN REPORT THAT I HAVE
SUBSEQUENTLY LEARNED
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN THAT THE
TINY HOUSE VILLAGE IN DISTRICT
FOR ON THE SOUND TRANSIT SITE
AT 45th AND ROOSEVELT, THAT
SITE APPARENTLY HAS BEEN
APPROVED.
CONTRACTED, IT IS READY TO BE
IMPLEMENTED, WHICH IS
OUTSTANDING NEWS.
I WILL KEEP THIS COUNCIL POSTED
ON THE PROGRESS AS I HAVE SAID
IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS, WE
WILL BE GETTING STANDING
SHELTER UPDATES FROM THE
EXECUTIVE AT MY COMMITTEE
MEETINGS.
SO, THE EXECUTIVE KNOWS TO
CERTAINLY BE PREPARED FOR THOSE
CUTTING QUESTIONS THAT WE SAW
LAST WEDNESDAY ON A MONTHLY
BASIS.
IT WILL ALSO BE PROVIDING
SHELTER UPDATES LIKE I JUST DID
WITH THAT NEW DISTRICT VILLAGE.
EVERYTHING EVERY WEEK IF I HAVE
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO PASS
ON.
TO PASS ON TO THE PUBLIC, AND
TO PASS ON TO COUNCIL
COLLEAGUES HERE.
I UNDERSTAND FROM READING THE
NEWS THAT THERE IS ALSO BEEN AN
ISSUE WITH THE HOTEL CONTRACTING
THAT IS VERY CONCERNING TO ME
AND I KNOW IS CONCERNING TO
MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE PUBLIC
DEFENDER ASSOCIATION WILL NOT
BE STANDING UP SEVERAL OF THOSE
HOTEL PLACEMENTS WITH A MODEL
OF CARE SIMILAR TO JUST CARE,
WHICH HAS BEEN EXCEPTIONALLY
EFFECTIVE AT PROVIDING RELIEF
AND SERVICES TO HIGH BARRIER
INDIVIDUALS IN THE PIONEER
SQUARE AND CHINATOWN DISTRICT
THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC.
I DO WANT TO EXPLORE WAYS THAT
WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK AS A
COUNCIL AND AN EXECUTIVE AND
THE PROVIDER COMMUNITY TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO DELIVER THAT
LEVEL OF CARE AT A HIGHER LEVEL.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK
FUNDAMENTALLY WE REALLY NEED TO
DO, GIVEN THAT A LOT OF THE
INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE RECEIVING
SERVICES THROUGH JUST CARE ARE
ALSO FOLKS THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING
DISPROPORTIONATELY TO THE SENSE
OF DISORDER AND SOME OF THE
PUBLIC SAFETY IMPACTS THAT ARE
SOMETIMES ASSOCIATED WITH OUR
HOMELESSNESS CRISIS.
SO, IT REALLY IS SOMETHING THAT
NEEDS TO BE A PRIORITY FOR US
TO COME TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT
HOW TO MAKE THAT LEVEL OF CARE
WORK AND STIPULATE THAT
SOMETIMES IT MEANS THAT THAT
LEVEL OF CARE IS JUST GOING TO
BE MORE EXPENSIVE.
SO, I LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUING THAT CONVERSATION.
I DO APPLAUD THE PROGRESS ON
THE TINY HOUSE VILLAGES AND I
WILL KEEP THIS COUNCIL APPRISED
AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW
THOSE INVESTMENTS WE MADE IN
NOVEMBER AND THE PLAN THAT THIS
COUNCIL PUT FORWARD IS BEING
IMPLEMENTED BY THE EXECUTIVE
TEAM.
MOVING FORWARD, I DID WANT TO
BRIEFLY ADDRESS THE ENERGY CODE
AND ECHO COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS'
COMMENTS EARLIER TOUCHING ON THE
, REALLY OUR INABILITY TO
EXTEND SOME OF THOSE ENERGY CODE
STANDARDS TO TO BE MORE BROADLY
APPLICABLE TO COMMERCIAL
DEVELOPMENTS.
I MENTIONED THIS IN COMMITTEE
LAST WEEK, BUT JUST FOR THE
BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, I WAS
GOING TO PUT FORWARD AN
AMENDMENT TO DO JUST THAT AND
EXPAND THE SCOPE. IT BECAME
CLEAR THAT THAT WOULD DELAY
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE OVERALL
PROJECT BY AT LEAST A MONTH AND
POSSIBLY LONGER.
BECAUSE IT WOULD REQUIRE
ADDITIONAL REVIEW. WHAT I
ULTIMATELY DECIDED TO DO IN
CONSULTATION WITH COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS, IS TO PUT THOSE CODE
CHANGES FORWARD AS A SEPARATE
BILL.
TO ALLOW THE BILL THAT HAD BEEN
WORKED ON THROUGH THE COMMITTEE
TO GO INTO EFFECT AS INTENDED
AND NOT BE HELD UP BECAUSE OF
HAVING TO DO THE SUPPLEMENTAL
PROCESS AND TO LET THIS PROCESS
WITH THE COMMERCIAL CHANGES
WORK OUT ON THEIR OWN.
I DO WANT TO AFFIRM THAT I'M
COMMITTED TO DOING THAT.
SO THE COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS
WHO I PROMISE TO BE A CHAMPION
FOR THAT AMENDMENT, I AM STILL
COMMITTED TO PURSUING IT.
BY DOING IT THIS WAY, WE CAN
REALIZE THE GAINS, AND THE BILL
THAT WE ARE GOING TO CONSIDER
THIS AFTERNOON, WITHOUT
DELAYING THEM TO CONSIDER FULLY
ADDRESSING THOSE COMMERCIAL
CHANGES.
I DID JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT.
FINALLY, AS COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT MENTIONED, I AM PROUD TO
COSPONSOR WITH COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT LEGISLATION THAT OUR
OFFICES HAVE CURRENTLY
PREPARED.
FOR A RIGHT TO COUNCIL AND
EVICTION PROCEEDINGS.
AS A LAWYER, I THINK THE RIGHT
TO COUNSEL IS VERY FUNDAMENTAL
, ESPECIALLY IN A LOT OF THE
CIVIL PROCEEDINGS WHERE THERE
CAN BE A VERY SIGNIFICANT
DEPRIVATION, AND A VERY
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON PEOPLE'S
LIVELIHOODS.
WE CURRENTLY, AND A LOT OF THE
CIVIL PROCEEDINGS, DO NOT
EXTEND RIGHT TO COUNSEL.
NOT JUST FOR EVICTION, BUT FOR
A LOT OF OTHER CRITICAL THINGS
úTHAT ARE CIVIL MATTERS.
A LOT OF OTHER CITIES, AS
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT MENTIONED,
HAVE ADOPTED SIMILAR RIGHT TO
COUNSEL STATUTES, INCLUDING SAN
FRANCISCO, PHILADELPHIA,
CLEVELAND, NEW YORK, AMONG
OTHERS, HOUSTON HAS THE PILOT
RIGHT TO COUNSEL PROGRAM.
EVEN THE STATE LEGISLATURE
INDEED IS CONSIDERING A RIGHT
TO COUNSEL BILL IN WASHINGTON
RIGHT NOW.
SO, I THINK THIS IS CERTAINLY
THE TIME, GIVEN THE IMPACTS
THAT WE ARE SEEING ON TENANTS
TO MOVE STRICTLY ON THIS.
I DO HOPE IT ENCOURAGES OTHER
JURISDICTIONS, AS WELL AS
LEADERSHIP IN THE STATE TO
APPLY THAT NEW RIGHT.
WITH THAT, MADAME PRESIDENT, I
DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL
UPDATES.
I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS
IF ANYONE HAS ANY.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS QUESTION
MARK COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD,
PLEASE.
YOU ARE OFF MUTE.
>> THERE YOU GO.
THANK YOU.
GIVEN THAT LAST YEAR, WE WERE
TOLD THAT THE SHELTER SEARCH
PROGRAM INCLUDED 300 HOTEL
ROOMS THAT I THINK WERE
ANTICIPATED TO BE AVAILABLE MID
DECEMBER I THINK WE WERE BEING
TOLD AT THE TIME, WHAT IS YOUR
SENSE GIVEN THAT ONE OF THE TWO
PROPOSAS -- I BELIEVE THERE
WERE TWO SELECTED, THAT ONE OF
THE TWO PROPOSALS, ISN'T MOVING
FORWARD.
WHAT IS YOUR SENSE OF HOW WE
ARE GOING TO MEET THAT GOAL OF
300 ROOMS?
IS THERE ANOTHER PROVIDER OUT
IN THE -- OUT IN THE -- WAITING
AREA, OUT IN THE WINGS WAITING
TO APPLY?
OR, WHAT'S THE PATH FORWARD?
>> COUNCILMEMBER, HERBOLD,
THAT'S A REALLY GREAT QUESTION.
I AM VERY COMMITTED.
THERE WAS AN EDITORIAL ON THE
NEWS OVER THE WEEKEND APPLYING
THIS COUNCIL DOESN'T HAVE A
PLAN TO ADDRESS THESE AND
GOVERNMENTS.
I THINK THAT THAT PLAN SQUARELY
FALLS IN THE FACT THAT THIS
COUNCIL MADE A MASSIVE FUNDING
COMMITMENT TO A SHELTER SURGE
STRATEGY.
THAT NOW, THE BALL IS IN THE
COURT OF HST TO IMPLEMENT IT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO
WORK ON THAT SENSE OF URGENCY
AS YOU IMPLIED COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD GIVEN THAT THERE WERE
STATEMENTS THAT THOSE HOTEL
ROOMS WOULD BE UP AND RUNNING
BY THE END OF DECEMBER.
POTENTIALLY, AND WE ARE NOW
GOING INTO FEBRUARY, AND THAT
DOESN'T SEEM TO BE THE CASE.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT
VARIOUS PROVIDERS DID RESPOND
TO THE RFQ.
THE DEPUTY MAYOR AND THE
COMMITTEE LAST WEEK, IF YOU'LL
RECALL, COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD,
DID MENTION I BELIEVE THAT IF
SOMETHING COULD BE WORKED OUT
WITH THE CURRENT PREFERRED
VENDOR, THEY WOULD MOVE DOWN
THE RFQ TO ADDITIONAL PEOPLE
THAT DID.
I'M DEFINITELY GOING TO MAKE
INQUIRIES THIS WEEK AS TO
PROGRAMMATICALLY WHAT IMPACT
THAT WILL HAVE.
I WAS PERSONALLY VERY EXCITED
ABOUT THE DEFENDER ASSOCIATION
BID GIVEN THAT THEY WERE GOING
AFTER THE FOLKS THAT HAVE
HISTORICALLY BEEN THE HARDEST
TO PROVIDE CARE TO.
THEY HAVE A DEMONSTRATED TRACK
RECORD OF SUCCESSFULLY
PROVIDING THEM CARE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER -- THE
DEPUTY MAYOR INDICATED THAT THE
RFQ HAD BEEN RESPONDED TO.
POSSIBLY OTHERS HAVE.
I'M DEFINITELY GOING TO BE
INQUIRING THIS WEEK ON HOW WE
ARE GOING TO -- HOW THEY ARE
PLANNING TO MOVE FORWARD ON
THIS.
I'M SURE THERE WILL BE AN
EXTENSIVE DISCUSSION IN MY
COMMITTEE AT THE END OF THIS
MONTH.
ABOUT THIS TOPIC AGAIN.
AS I SAID, IT WILL BE A
STANDING COMMITTEE ITEM.
THE SHORT ANSWER TO YOUR
QUESTION IS I IMAGINE THEY WILL
MOVE DOWN THE RFQ WHICH IS WHAT
THEY SAID THEY WILL DO.
>> I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION
THEY'VE ALREADY DECIDED THAT
ONLY TWO OF THE FOLKS WHO HAD
APPLIED WERE DEEMED SO THAT THE
FIRST LEVEL TO BE ELIGIBLE.
I THINK THEY ARE STILL MOVING
FORWARD WITH ONE PROVIDER, HAVE
DECIDED ONE OF THE TWO THAT
WERE DEEMED ELIGIBLE ARE NO
LONGER ELIGIBLE, AND THEY'VE
ALREADY SORT OF -- MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT VARDY
LOOKED AT THOSE FOLKS BELOW AND
FOR WHATEVER REASON THEY ARE
NOT CONSIDERED FOLKS WHO HAVE
THE QUALIFICATIONS IN ORDER TO
DO THE WORK.
IT IS AN RFQ.
I LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
LEADERSHIP, COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS,
AND HELPING US GET THE ANSWERS
TO THESE QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD.
AS I GET THEM, I WILL RELAY
THEM EITHER AT BRIEFING OR
ELSEWHERE.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT
CONVERSATION.
MY RECOLLECTION IS CONSISTENT
WITH COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD'S
IN TERMS OF WHERE THEY WERE AT
ON THE LIST OF FOLKS WHO WOULD
BE QUALIFIED TO DO THIS WORK.
REALLY EAGLE TO HEAR MORE FROM
YOU COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS ON ANY
ADDITIONAL DETAILS THAT COULD
SHED LIGHT ON THAT.
COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS FOR COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS?
OKAY, HEARING NONE, I GOT A
NOTE FROM COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA THAT SHE FORGOT TO
MENTION ONE AS PART OF HER
REPORT.
SO, I'M GOING TO LOOP BACK TO
HER BEFORE I GET MY REPORT.
I PROMISE YOU THAT MY REPORT IS
GOING TO BE SHORT.
SO, I EXPECT IT WILL BE DONE
HERE IN THE NEXT 10 MINUTES OR
SO.
COUNCILMEMBER, MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I APPRECIATE YOUR FLEXIBILITY.
ON THAT LAST TOPIC AS WELL,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, THANK YOU
FOR BRINGING UP THE CONCERN, AS
WELL AS COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
I TO ACCEPT THE LETTER TO THE
EXECUTIVE TEAM UNDERSCORING OUR
UNDERSTANDING THAT THE $2.1
MILLION THAT THE COUNCIL
APPROPRIATED AS PART OF OUR
BUDGET ACTIONS IN HON 005E001,
AND THE 2021 ADOPTED BUDGET
SHOULD BE USED TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT.
EITHER ALL OR MOST OF THAT $2.1
MILLION SHOULD BE USED FOR THE
PROGRAMMING NECESSARY TO MAKE
SURE THAT THE HOTEL AND PILOT
IS SUCCESSFUL.
ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE
INFORMATION WE CONTINUE TO
RECEIVE FROM FEDERAL AND STATE
LEGISLATORS THAT THE FEDERAL
PARTNERS ARE BEING AS FLEXIBLE
AS I POSSIBLY CAN WITH
RESPONDING TO CITY AND STATE
NEEDS FOR RESPONDING TO COVID.
THIS IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO OUR
MEETING AND NEED TO
APPROPRIATELY SHELTER THOSE WHO
ARE NOT IN A HOUSE IN NON-
CONGREGANT SETTINGS.
I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE
YET FROM THAT LETTER AND LOOK
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AS
THE CHAIR OF THE HOMELESS
SERVICES SELECT COMMITTEE AND
ALSO WITH CHAIR OF PUBLIC
AFETY AS WE MAKE SURE THAT
FOLKS GET INTO THE APPROPRIATE
HOUSING, ESPECIALLY AS WE MADE
SURE TO APPROPRIATE DOLLARS IN
THE BUDGET.
RECOGNIZING IS EXACTLY AS
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS NOTED THAT
IN ORDER TO RECEIVE SOCIAL HIGH
BARRIERS, IT DOES REQUIRE
APPROPRIATE STAFFING.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THANK YOU
FOR THE QUICK TIME.
I ALSO FAILED TO MENTION IN MY
SUMMARY THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT
THE MAYOR INTENDS TO SIGN THE
HAZARD PAY LEGISLATION THAT WE
PASSED LAST WEEK.
ON FEBRUARY 3rd.
WE WORKED WITH THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE TO HELP DISSEMINATE
INFORMATION ON WHEN THE HOUSE
HAZARD PAY WILL GO INTO EFFECT
AS THIS EMERGENCY LEGISLATION
PENDING HER SIGNATURE.
REALLY APPRECIATE THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE FOR WORKING TO MAKE SURE
THAT THAT INFORMATION WAS
DISSEMINATED AND THE KNOWN DATE
WAS OUT THERE.
SO THAT THAT SWITCH COULD BE
FLIPPED.
THE GROCERIES COULD BE ABLE TO
MAKE SURE THAT THE PAY WAS
BEING APPLIED ACROSS THE BOARD.
I ALSO WASN'T AS FAMILIAR WITH
THE ARTICLE COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN WAS REFERRING TO
EARLIER.
I WILL NOTE THAT IS ERRONEOUS
AS WELL WHEN IT SAYS IT APPEARS
THE GROCERY INDUSTRY WAS [
INDISCERNIBLE ] NOT TRUE.
MY OFFICE IS CONSTANTLY
REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE FROM
VARIOUS SIDES OF AN ISSUE TO
MAKE SURE PEOPLE HAVE A SEAT AT
THE TABLE. ENGAGED WITH THE
INDUSTRY BEFORE THE BILL WAS
INTRODUCED, AGAIN AFTER THE
BILL WAS INTRODUCED.
AND HAVE BEEN ENGAGING IN
ANTICIPATION OF THE BILL'S DATE
THAT WE JUST MENTIONED ON
FEBRUARY 3rd.
IT IS MY PRACTICE TO DO SO.
I HAVE ALSO OFFERED THAT
CLARIFICATION.
APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT
VARIOUS FOLKS ARE DOING,
INCLUDING FOLKS FROM THE
INDUSTRY AS WE MAKE SURE THAT
THIS ORDINANCE IS APPLIED.
THEY HAVE BEEN GREAT TO WORK
WITH AND APPRECIATE THEM AS
WELL AS THE FOLKS ON THE GROUND
WHO REPRESENT MANY OF THE
MEMBERS WHO WILL BE RECEIVING
HAZARD PAY. WE WILL PROVIDE THE
COUNCIL AS WELL WITH AN UPDATE
FROM THE VARIOUS CITIES AND
JURISDICTIONS THAT I HAVE BEEN
MENTIONING OVER THE LAST THREE
OR FOUR WEEKS YOU ARE ALSO AN
HAZARD PAY ORDINANCE BETWEEN
FOUR AND FIVE DOLLARS JUST SO
FOLKS HAVE THAT IN THEIR
POCKET.
WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SEND THAT
AROUND WHEN WE GET AN UPDATE
LATER THIS WEEK.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
McVICKER SUMMIT, COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA FOR LOOPING BACK TO
THOSE IMPORTANT UPDATES.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA?
HEARING NONE, I WILL DIVE INTO
MINE REALLY QUICKLY HERE.
THE GOVERNMENTS I'M IN ADDITION
TO THE COVID-19 VACCINE RELATED
TOPIC THAT I DISCUSSED AT THE
TOP OF THE HOUR, NEXT WEEK'S
GOVERNANCE AND EDUCATION
COMMITTEE AGENDA WILL ALSO
INCLUDE A PRESENTATION BY WITH
A REPORT ON THEIR ACTIVITIES IN
2020.
THESE UPDATES WILL INCLUDE A
UPDATE ON THEIR RAPID RESPONSE
TO TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
IMMIGRATION POLICIES AS WELL AS
HOW THEY HAVE PLAYED AN
INSTRUMENTAL PART OF SEATTLE'S
PANDEMIC RESPONSE AND OUTREACH
OF PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR
REGIONAL AGENCIES LIKE THE
SEATTLE KING COUNTY PUBLIC
HEALTH AGENCY AND JUST. SORRY,
JUST REALLY QUICKLY HERE.
AGAIN, AS A REMINDER OUR
GOVERNANCE AND EDUCATION
COMMITTEE WILL BE HAVING ITS
REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING
NEXT WEEK.
THAT IS TODAY, FEBRUARY 9th AT
2:00 P.M.
REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO
HOSTING FOLKS AND COMMITTEE TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THOSE
REALLY IMPORTANT UPDATES.
I HAVE NOTHING ON THIS WEEK'S
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR.
I AGAIN DO WANT TO SHARE THAT I
WANT TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION
ABOUT A DIFFERENT RESOLUTION
THAT I EXPECT SHOULD BE READY
FOR NEXT WEEK'S INTRODUCTION
AND REFERRAL CALENDAR AND A
FINAL ACTION ON MONDAY,
FEBRUARY 8th.
I'M CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE TO PUT FORWARD A
RESOLUTION ANNOUNCING WHITE
SUPREMACY AND HATE CRIMES. THIS
RESOLUTION WILL ALSO TEST OUR
CITY DEPARTMENTS WITH A REVIEW
TO IDENTIFY IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR
INTERNAL PROCESSES AND THEIR
RESPONSE TO CONSTITUENTS AS WE
CONTINUE TO SEE AN INCREASE IN
HATE CRIMES.
I BELIEVE, AS DOES MAYOR
DURKAN, THAT WE AS A CITY CAN
FIND IMPROVEMENT AND BETTER
RESPONSE TO SUPPORT OUR
CONSTITUENCY MAY EXPRESS A HATE
CRIME AND RACE OR RELIGIOUS
DISCRIMINATION.
AGAIN, THIS RESOLUTION IS, I
KNOW WE'VE DONE SOME REALLY
IMPORTANT WORK AS A RELATES TO
HATE CRIMES.
UNDER COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD'S
LEADERSHIP.
THIS IS A RESOLUTION THAT THAT
WAS OFFERED UP IN RESPONSE
DIRECTLY TO THE BIDEN/HARRIS
ADMINISTRATION'S RECENT
ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE FBI'S
ACTIONS RELATED TO WHITE
NATIONALISTS AND SUPREMACIST
FROM ORGANIZATIONS ON DOMESTIC
TERRORISM.
SO, LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING
TO SHEPHERD THIS RESOLUTION
THROUGH THIS PROCESS IN ORDER TO
AGAIN, STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH
THE BIDEN/HARRIS ADMINISTRATION
ON THESE PARTICULAR ISSUES.
I DO WANT TO THANK MAYOR DURKAN
FOR HER COLLABORATION AND I
WANT TO WELCOME ANY COLLEAGUES
WHO HAVE INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT
AND IN THE CONTENT OF THE
RESOLUTION TO PLEASE LET ME
KNOW OR LET A MEMBER OF MY
STAFF KNOW WHETHER YOU HAVE
ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS AFTER
YOU'VE REVIEWED THE INITIAL
DRAFT OF THE RESOLUTION.
HAPPY TO, AS ALWAYS, PARTNER ON
STRENGTHENING THE LANGUAGE OF
THE RESOLUTION.
NEXT UP IS JUST A QUICK REPORT
OF REGIONAL COMMITTEES.
I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND
THE FAMILY EDUCATION PRESCHOOL
PROMISE LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE LAST WEEK.
WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A
ROBUST CONVERSATION ON HOW WE
ARE ENSURING THERE IS RACIAL
EQUITY CENTER IN THE BODY OF
WORK FOR DEAL AND HOW THEY HAVE
RESTRUCTURED PROGRAMS TO MEET
THE NEEDS OF OUR FAMILIES
DURING THE PANDEMIC.
WE HAVE HERE AT THE CITY
COUNCIL TAKEN SEVERAL
LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS TO ALLOW
DEALS OF INCREASED AMOUNT OF
FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO ADAPT
OUR PROGRAMS DURING THE PANDEMIC
AND REALLY APPRECIATE FEELS
ONGOING WORK TO MAKE SURE WE
HAVE FLEXIBILITY AND ARE STILL
ABLE TO HAVE PROGRAM AND
SERVICES OUT TO OUR FAMILIES AS
ORIGINALLY INTENDED.
WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
HEAR FROM DEAL AND RECEIVE
UPDATES ON THE LEVY THROUGH MY
COMMITTEE IN THE COMING MONTHS.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO
ESTABLISH A STANDING ISSUE
DURING MY COMMITTEE MEETINGS
EVERY MONTH TO HAVE THEM COME
IN AND REPORT OUT ON MUCH OF
THE PANDEMIC WORK THEY'VE BEEN
DOING, AND HOW THEY SEE THEIR
WORK WORK MOVING FORWARD IN THE
FUTURE.
AGAIN, LAST THURSDAY I JOINED
COUNCILMEMBERS LEWIS AND
STRAUSS, AND MAYOR DURKAN AT
THE REGIONAL EXECUTIVE BOARD
MEETING.
I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE
EXECUTIVE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY
APPROVED CRITICAL FUNDING FOR
THE WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE REPAIR.
THAT IS THE ADDITIONAL ABOUT
$14.4 MILLION THAT CAME OUT OF
THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY BOARD.
WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN
COUNCILMEMBERS PEDERSEN AND
JUAREZ FOR THEIR REALLY
IMPORTANT ADVOCACY.
IN THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY
BOARD.
THAT ALLOWED THE EXECUTIVE
BOARD TO BE ABLE TO CONSIDER
FINAL ACTION ON THAT BRIDGE
REPORT.
I DO WANT TO THANK THE CITY OF
SEATTLE STAFF AT SDOT AND OUR
OFFICE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL
RELATIONS AND ALL OF THE
REGIONAL STAFF THAT REALLY
ROLLED UP THEIR SLEEVES, GOT
TO WORK, AND FOUND A COMPROMISE
THAT WOULD WORK FOR THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND FOR REGIONAL
PARTNERS ON MAKING SURE THAT
THIS FUNDING WOULD BE AVAILABLE
FOR THIS CRITICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE NEED IN OUR
CITY.
A HUGE THANKS THERE.
THIS WEEK THERE WILL BE TWO
JOINT MEETINGS OF THE REGIONAL
HOMELESS AUTHORITY GOVERNING
COMMITTEE AND IMPLEMENTATION
BOARD.
YOU MAY HAVE RECALLED THAT LAST
WEEK I MENTIONED THAT WE WERE
GOING TO BE CONVENING ON FRIDAY.
TO CONSIDER CEO APPLICANTS,
ENFORCING THAT MEETING WAS
RESCHEDULED, CANCELED AND
RESCHEDULED.
WE ARE SCHEDULED TO CONVENE
THIS WEEK TO HAVE THAT REALLY
IMPORTANT CONVERSATION AND TO
REVIEW AND CONSIDER THE FINAL
CANDIDATES FOR THE CEO POSITION
FOR THAT REGIONAL HOMELESS
AUTHORITY STRUCTURE.
ON THURSDAY, THE GOVERNING
COMMITTEE AND IMPLEMENTATION
BOARD WILL HAVE A JOINT MEETING
AND OPEN SESSION TO FORMALLY
VOTE TO APPOINT THE CEO.
THAT MEETING ON THURSDAY WE
WILL BEGIN AT 1:00, AND WILL BE
LIVE STREAMED VIA THE KING
COUNTY WEBSITE.
WE REALLY ENCOURAGE THOSE WHO
HAVE INTEREST TO ATTEND.
OKAY, JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE
HERE, LET'S SEE.
JUST MAKING SURE.
ALL RIGHT, SO I THINK
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES MENTIONED
LAST WEEK WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY
TO MEET WITH A GROUP OF
COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND
STAKEHOLDERS CONCERNED ABOUT
ONGOING GUN VIOLENCE AT THE
RANIER BEACH SAFEWAY PARKING
LOT.
I'M REALLY DEEPLY APPRECIATIVE
OF THAT ONGOING WORK THAT IS
BEING DONE BY COMMUNITY GROUPS
WHO ARE WORKING TO ENSURE THAT
WE HAVE A COMMUNITY-BASED, AND
COMMUNITY SAFETY SOLUTION TO
THOSE GUN VIOLENCE ISSUES.
I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ENGAGED IN
THOSE CONVERSATION.
I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO
ENGAGE IN THOSE.
THEN, TWO QUICK LAST UPDATES.
HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT
WITH THE IA DIRECTORS ACROSS
THE CITY ABOUT SOME OF THE
RECENT CHALLENGES THAT THEY'VE
BEEN HAVING IN THEIR PARTICULAR
DISTRICTS.
I MET WITH EVERY DIRECTOR FROM
SOTO TO BALLARD TO THE
UNIVERSITY DISTRICT TO DOWNTOWN.
REALLY APPRECIATED AN
OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM THEM
ABOUT THEIR COMMITMENT TO BEING
PARTNERS ON FINDING SOLUTIONS
TOWARD GREATER PUBLIC SAFETY
AND LIVABILITY CONSENTS FOR OUR
COMMUNITIES.
APPRECIATE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
THAT INITIAL CONVERSATION AND
HAVE COMMITTED TO CONTINUE TO
úHAVE CONVERSATION WITH THEM TO
IDENTIFY SOME POTENTIAL
OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO
CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER TO
ADDRESS SOME OF THEIR PUBLIC
SAFETY AND LIVABILITY CONSENTS
AND THEIR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS.
LASTLY, I WANT TO SAY THANKS TO
THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON'S
PRESIDENT WHO REACHED OUT TO MY
OFFICE FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO
CONNECT. I GOT AN OPPORTUNITY
TO HEAR FROM HER ABOUT HOW THE
UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON CONTINUES
TO HOST 1073 ON THE CAMPUS.
SHE ALSO SHARED AVAILABLE
EMERGENCY RELIEF FUNDS THAT
THEY'VE CREATED TO SUPPORT THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
COMMUNITIES OF STUDENTS AND
WORKERS.
I APPRECIATE THEIR EAGERNESS TO
CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH CITY
COUNCIL AND THE CITY AS A WHOLE
ON FUTURE RECOVERY AND
LIVABILITY EFFORTS, INCLUDING
VOLUNTEERING TO WORK WITH THE
CITY COUNCIL ON ANY POTENTIAL
STRATEGIES RELATED TO
ADDRESSING PUBLIC SAFETY
CONCERNS THAT CONTINUE TO BE AN
ISSUE AND CONCERN FOR THEM AND
FOR THEIR STUDENTS AND FOR
THEIR WORKERS.
THAT IS IT FOR ME.
I'M HAPPY TO OPEN IT UP FOR
QUESTIONS.
I SEE THAT COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD HAS A QUESTION OR
COMMENT.
>> I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS
OPPORTUNITY WHEN YOU MENTIONED
THE HATE CRIMES RESOLUTION.
THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE
BRINGING FORWARD.
I REALLY APPRECIATE KNOWING
THAT IN ADVANCE.
I APPRECIATE KNOWING THE AREA
THAT IT IS INTENDED TO COVER,
BUT I ALSO WANT TO TAKE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO TO SAY THAT I
HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET SOME
INFORMATION FROM THE EXECUTIVE
ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE
EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT WAS ENACTED
LAST FEBRUARY.
TO COMBAT THE RISE OF HATE
CRIMES AND BIAS IN SEATTLE.
SUPPOSED TO HAVE DELIVERABLES
IN OCTOBER.
SOME OF THOSE DELIVERABLES
INCLUDED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A
PILOT GRANTS PROGRAMS TO
SUPPORT COMMUNITY SAFETY
INITIATIVES.
AN EVENT AIMED AT PREVENTING
HATE CRIMES.
WITH THE INTENT THAT GRANTS
WOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE IN THE
FALL OF 2020.
IT ESTABLISHED A HATE CRIMES
AND CRIMES OF BIAS WORKER.
I UNDERSTAND FROM TALKING BOAT
TO THE OFFICE OF THE EMPLOYEE
ON BUD AND THE EMPLOYEE OFFICE
OF CIVIL RIGHTS, THAT THERE WAS
A DECISION MADE LAST YEAR
SOMETIME IN MARCH THAT THEY
WERE GOING TO SUSPEND THE WORK
ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXECUTIVE
ORDER.
THE DECISION TO -- YES, THIS
WAS IN MARCH 2020.
THEY DECIDED THAT THEY WOULD
SUSPEND THE WORK BECAUSE OF
SPECIFICALLY OF COVID-19.
I APPRECIATE, COUNCILMEMBER
GONZALEZ, YOU BRINGING THIS UP.
WE KNOW THAT HATE CRIMES AND
BIAS CRIMES ARE ACTUALLY
INCREASING IN THE FACE OF COVID
SO, I JUST, I LITERALLY LEARNED
LAST MONTH THAT THE DECISION
AGAIN WAS SAYING THAT THEY
WOULD SUSPEND THAT WORK UNTIL
OF COURSE THE PANDEMIC IS UNDER
CONTROL.
SO I HOPE MAYBE THERE IS AN
OPPORTUNITY WITH YOUR
RESOLUTION TO UPLIFT SOME OF
THE WORK THAT WE HAD HOPED
WOULD BE DONE WITH THE
EXECUTIVE ORDER.
WORKED TO P█ICK THAT UP.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I
UNDERSTAND THAT THE EXECUTIVE
HAS BEEN POINTING TO IS NOT JUST
THE NEED TO FOCUS ON OTHER
ASPECTS OF THE PANDEMIC, BUT A
CONCERN ABOUT LACK OF FUNDING.
I THINK I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE
THAT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT
KING COUNTY, FOR ITS BIAS AND
HATE CRIMES WERE, HAS ACTUALLY
SUCCESSFULLY USED C.A.R.E.S.
ACT FUNDING TO SUPPORT THEIR
EFFORTS.
THEY'VE ACTUALLY USED THE
FUNDING THAT IS A -- HAS BEEN
CREATED TO ADDRESS THE IMPACT
OF THE PANDEMIC TO MOVE FORWARD
THEIR WORK.
JUST HOPING THAT WE CAN DO
SOMETHING SIMILAR IN SEATTLE.
THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD, THANK
YOU FOR THAT FLAG.
I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN STEEPED IN
THIS ISSUE FOR GOSH, I WANT TO
SAY THREE OR FOUR YEARS AT THIS
POINT.
APPRECIATE THE FLAG.
I WOULD WELCOME A CONVERSATION
BETWEEN OUR OFFICES ABOUT HOW
TO THREAD THE NEEDLE ON SOME OF
THESE ISSUES.
WE CERTAINLY WELCOME AN
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE CONVERSATION
TO SEE IF THERE IS A WAY FOR US
TO THREAD THE NEEDLE HERE.
GREAT.
COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER COMMENTS
OR QUESTIONS?
OKEY-DOKE YOU.
YES, GO AHEAD.
>> I JUST WANTED TO OFFER MY
SUPPORT AND TRYING TO GET SOME
QUESTIONS ANSWERED HERE.
IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT WE
HAVE FOR THE OFFICE OF CIVIL
RIGHTS.
THAT WE CAN FOLLOW UP ON, HAPPY
TO DO THAT AND SUPPORT THIS
WORK.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I KNOW MY OFFICE HAS BEEN IN
CONTACT WITH THE SEATTLE OFFICE
FOR CIVIL RIGHTS ON SOME OF
THESE QUESTIONS.
WE'LL MAKE SURE TO STAY
COORDINATED HERE SO WE CAN
ADVANCE THIS HOPEFULLY SOMETIME
NEXT WEEK.
OKAY.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
OR COMMENTS?
OKAY, HEARING NONE, COLLEAGUES,
THAT DOES CONCLUDE THE ITEMS OF
BUSINESS FOR OUR COUNCIL
BRIEFING AGENDA.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR
THIS MORNING, SO WE ARE
ADJOURNED.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU
ALL AT 2:00.