>> WILL THE MEETING PLEASE COME
TO ORDER AND MADAME CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
>>
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> HERE.
>> STRAUSS SAYS PRESENT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ .
>> HERE.
>> SIX PRESENT.
>> IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
MINUTES OF JULY 25, 2022 WILL
BE ADOPTED.
NOT SEEING OR HEARING
OBJECTION, THE MINUTES ARE
ADOPTED.
MOVING ONTO THE PRESIDENTS
REPORT.
ON TODAY'S AGENDA WE HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN TWO
PROCLAMATIONS.
ONE REGARDING FORMER U.S.
CONGRESSMAN LEGACY WHICH WE
PRESENTED BY COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
FOLLOWING ANOTHER PRESENTED BY
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
BOTH WERE DISTRIBUTED OFFICES
LAST WEEK FOR YOUR REVIEW AND
COMMENTS.
THERE WILL BE NO OTHER LETTERS,
POCLAMATIONS OR PRESENTATIONS
OR EXECUTIVE SESSION TODAY.
ON TOMORROW'S AGENDA WE WILL
OPEN WITH A PRESENTATION OF THE
SEATTLE FARMERS MARKET
PROCLAMATION.
THE CONSENT CALENDAR WILL
INCLUDE MINUTES AND PAYMENT OF
THE BILLS AS WELL AS 10
APPOINTMENTS RECOMMENDED BY THE
GOVERNMENTS, NATIVE COMMITTEES
AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS
COMMITTEE.
WE WILL TAKE A VOTE ON ALL
ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR
UNLESS ANY COUNCILMEMBER
REQUESTS AN ITEM BE REMOVED FOR
CONSIDERATION SIMPLY.
FOLLOWING THE CONSENT CALENDAR
TOMORROW WE WILL CONSIDER FIVE
ITEMS INCLUDING ONE ITEM
REFERRED DIRECTLY TO COUNCIL
AND ONE ITEM RECOMMENDED BY THE
FINANCE AND HOUSING COMMITTEE.
BOTH OF WHICH WERE ON LAST
WEEK'S AGENDA AND WERE HELD FOR
ONE WEEK.
WE WILL THEN CONSIDER THREE
ITEMS RECOMMENDED BY THE
ECONOMIC ELEMENT TECHNOLOGY IN
CITY LIKE COMMITTEE.
AS A REMINDER THE FIRST TWO
ITEMS ON TOMORROW'S AGENDA HELP
FROM LAST WEEK ARE COUNCIL BILL
120372 WHICH REPEALS THE
ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING HAZARD
PAY DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE
PANDEMIC.
IF YOU NEED ANY ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ON THIS ORDINANCE
BEFORE TOMORROW'S MEETING,
CENTRAL STAFF IS PREPARED TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS.
SECOND, COUNCIL BILL 120366
REGARDING THE 2022 BUDGET
INCLUDING THE CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
THIS BILL REQUIRES SEVEN VOTES
TO PASS.
WE WILL BE CONSIDERING THE
RECOMMENDATION OF THE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY IN CITY
LIKE COMMITTEE TO CONFIRM
McINTYRE AS A DIRECTOR OF THE
OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND FINALLY THE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE HAS ALSO
COMMITTED A CITY LIGHT
RECOMMENDATION MAINTENANCE
AGREEMENT AND A BILL THAT SETS
A CAP ON SERVICE DELIVERY FEES.
INFORMATION ON THESE ITEMS ARE
AVAILABLE ON THE ONLINE AGENDA.
MOVING ON OUR AGENDA, ITEM
NUMBER THREE, SIGNINGS OF
LETTERS AND PROCLAMATIONS.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS HAS A
PROCLAMATION FOR SIGNATURES
TODAY SERVICE TO SEATTLE AND
HIS LIFELONG WORK FOR WORKING
PEOPLE.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, THE FLOOR
IS YOURS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH TOWNSELL
PRESIDENT.
AND VERY PROUD TO BRING THIS
PROCLAMATION TODAY.
I WANT TO THANK MY CHIEF OF
STAFF AT THE FRONT FOR HIS WORK
IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
THIS RESOLUTION DECLARING THE
UPCOMING AUGUST 7 TO BE MARIAN
DAY IN REVERENCE OF THE
CONGRESSMAN WHO REPRESENTED
WHAT WOULD'VE ANOTHER
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IN THE
1930S.
AND WAS A VERY ACTIVE LOCAL
LEADER IN THE STUDENT
GOVERNMENT AND ALSO IN OUR LOCAL
POLITICS.
AFTER HIS GRADUATION. JUST TO
HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE THINGS,
ABOUT HIS LEGACY, HE WAS AN
IMPORTANT VOICE FOR
MARGINALIZED PEOPLE IN THE
ELITE INSTITUTIONS IN WHICH HE
SERVED. LIKE UNITED STATES
CONGRESS AND THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON, IN PARTICULAR AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
WAS A VICTIM OF EXTENSIVE
BULLYING FROM WELL-ESTABLISHED
CAMPUS ORGANIZATIONS THAT DID
NOT WANT TO SHARE POWER OR
ACCESS TO THAT INSTITUTION WITH
PEOPLE FROM OTHER BACKGROUNDS.
AND ORGANIZING LED TO THE
CREATION OF AN ACCESSIBLE
STUDENT UNION BUILDING THAT IS
STILL THE SAME THAT IS TODAY
THE CENTERPIECE OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON CAMPUS.
A VERY ACTIVE LEADER ON LOCAL
ISSUES WHO FOUGHT TO MAINTAIN
OUR PUBLIC UTILITIES THE
SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL OVERSEE
UNDER THE THREAT OF AT THAT
TIME FRANK EDWARDS AND HIS BID
TO PRIVATIZE OUR UTILITIES IN
THE LAISSEZ-FAIRE 1920S. AND
GOING ON TO FINALLY SERVE IN
THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS AS A
LEADER AND THE WORKS PROGRESS
ADMINISTRATION WHICH BUILDS A
LOT OF THE COMMUNITY CENTERS
AND COMFORT STATIONS THAT HAVE
REMAINED TO THIS DAY AS WE HAVE
IN MANY CASES LEARNED THROUGH
HER WORK THROUGH THE
METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT SO
FAR.
SO CONGRESSMAN MARION
ZIONCHECK'S LEGACY AS A LEADER
AND STUDENT LEADER, A LEADER IN
LOCAL POLITICS, A LEADER IN THE
UNITED STATES CONGRESS , IS A
BIG PART OF OUR NATIONAL -- OF
OUR IDENTITY ON THE NATIONAL
STAGE.
A PLACE REPUTED FOR PROGRESSIVE
POLITICS.
86 YEARS AGO THIS COMING AUGUST
7 HE DID TRAGICALLY TAKE HIS
OWN LIFE RIGHT HERE CLOSE TO
SEATTLE CITY HALL.
TODAY WE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY
TO CIRCULATE THIS PROCLAMATION
IN MEMORY OF MARION ZIONCHECK
AND DECLARE AUGUST 7 MARION
ZIONCHECK DAY IN HIS MEMORY.
I DO WANT TO INDICATE AT THE
BEGINNING HERE, BEFORE THE
CLERK CIRCULATES FOR SIGNATURES,
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT CONTACTED
MY OFFICE INDICATING SHE WOULD
WANT TO BE ADDED AS A SIGNATORY
TO THIS BUT WAS UNABLE TO
ATTEND TODAY'S BRIEFING.
I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE HOW TO
ACCOMMODATE THAT.
BUT I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT
AT THE FRONT.
IF FOR NOTHING ELSE FOR THE
PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT DID
INDICATE SUPPORT FOR THIS
PROCLAMATION IN WANTING TO
AFFIX HER SIGNATURE.
BUT, OTHERWISE MADAM PRESIDENT,
I HAVE NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
AND APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO BRING THIS BEFORE THE
COUNCIL.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
LEWIS.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE
TO SAY A FEW WORDS BEFORE WE
MOVE FORWARD ON THE VOTE ON
FIXING A SIGNATURE?
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, WE ALSO
HEARD FROM COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT'S OFFICE AS WELL.
THANK YOU.
SEEING THAT THERE IS NO FURTHER
DISCUSSION, WILL THE CLERK
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO
DETERMINE WHICH COUNCILMEMBERS
WOULD LIKE THEIR SIGNATURES
AFFIXED TO THE PROCLAMATION
HONORING FORMER CONGRESSMAN
MARION ZIONCHECK AND
PROCLAIMING AUGUST 7, 2022 AS
MARION ZIONCHECK DAY.
MADAME CLERK.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> HE IS SAYING YES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ .
>> AYE.
>> I DON'T THINK I SAID YES.
>> SIX SIGNATURES WILL BE
AFFIXED TO THE PROCLAMATION.
EXCUSE ME, SEVEN WHEN WE INCLUDE
COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
>> YES.
>> SORRY TO DO THIS -- HOW
ABOUT NOW?
GREAT.
SORRY.
>> DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
SO MOVING ON OUR AGENDA, MY
UNDERSTANDING IS COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON HAS A PREPARATION FOR
HONORING SEATTLE FARMERS
MARKETS.
THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
>>
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
COLLEAGUES.
NEXT WEEK, AUGUST 7 TO AUGUST
13 IS NATIONAL FARMER'S MARKET
WEEK AND AS A BIG FAN OF
FARMERS MARKETS I'M HAPPY TO
SPONSOR THIS PROCLAMATION
HONORING NEXT WEEK AS SEATTLE
FARMERS MARKET WEEK.
I THINK JENNIFER, EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF SEATTLE FARMERS
MARKETS, I THINK HER FOR
REACHING OUT TO OUR OFFICE.
SEATTLE HAS MORE THAN 17
FARMERS MARKETS FROM COLUMBIA
CITY TO PIKE PLACE TO CAPITOL
HILL TO BALLARD AND LAKE CITY.
THESE FARMERS MARKETS ASSIST
WITH THE DISTRIBUTION OF LOCAL,
FRESH PRODUCE THROUGHOUT
SEATTLE.
GENERATE INCOME THAT SUPPORTS
THE SUSTAINABILITY OF SMALL
FARMS AND THE VITALITY OF BOTH
URBAN AND RURAL COMMUNITIES.
AND, THEY CONTRIBUTED MORE THAN
$18.5 MILLION TO THE LOCAL
ECONOMY LAST YEAR.
AND I WILL GO INTO MORE DETAIL
ABOUT OUR FARMER'S MARKET
NETWORK TOMORROW WHEN JENNIFER
APPEARS AND PROVIDES SOME
COMMENTS AT OUR MEETING.
THAT, FOR RIGHT NOW I WOULD
URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO ASK ANY
QUESTIONS AND ALSO SIGN ONTO
THIS PROCLAMATION.
THANKS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
NELSON.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON AND
PROCLAMATION?
I AM NOT SEEING ANY.
WITH THAT, I SEE THAT THERE IS
NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO
DETERMINE WHICH COUNCILMEMBERS
WOULD LIKE THEIR SIGNATURE
AFFIXED TO THE PROCLAMATION
PROCLAIMING AUGUST 7 TO THE
13th AS SEATTLE FARMERS MARKET
WEEK.
>> COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN.
>> AYE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> YES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER NELSON .
>> AYE.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ .
>> AYE.
SIX SIGNATURES WILL BE AFFIXED.
>> MOVING ON WE WILL GO TO THE
PREVIEW OF CITY COUNCIL
ACTIONS, COUNCIL AND REGIONAL
COMMITTEES.
TODAY THE LINEUP IS
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN,
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS,
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS,
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES AND THEN
MYSELF.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COLLEAGUES.
ON TOMORROW'S FULL CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA THERE ARE NO ITEMS FROM
OUR COMMITTEE ON
TRANSPORTATION IN SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES.
OUR NEXT MEETING IS TOMORROW,
TUESDAY, AUGUST 2 AT 9:30 AM.
AS SHOWN ON OUR COMMITTEE AGENDA
WE HAVE TWO COUNCIL BILLS TO
VOTE ON.
AS WELL AS 21 APPOINTMENTS TWO
ADVISORY BOARDS INCLUDING 14
APPOINTMENTS TO THE VARIOUS
TRANSPORTATION BOARDS AND SEVEN
APPOINTMENTS TO THE CUSTOMER
REVIEW PANEL FOR SEATTLE
UTILITIES.
I WANT TO THANK OUR CLERK FOR
ASSEMBLING THIS ROBUST AGENDA.
REGARDING THE TWO COUNCIL
BILLS, WE WILL HAVE A
DISCUSSION AND VOTE ON SDOT
PROPOSAL 120364, AS WE HEARD IT
COMMITTEE TWO WEEKS AGO THAT
BILL WOULD ADD A NEW SECTION TO
THE TRAFFIC CODE ESTABLISHING
AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE PARKING
FOR TRUCK TRACTORS IN THE
PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY.
AND WOULD AMEND ANOTHER SECTION
OF THE SEATTLE CODE TO ALLOW
FOR ENFORCEMENT OF THAT
DESIGNATED TRUCK PARKING.
WEIL, SDOT'S PRESENTATION WAS
CLEAR ABOUT FOUR LOCATIONS WERE
INITIALLY DESIGNATE THIS
TEMPORARY TRUCK PARKING
INCLUDING GEORGETOWN AND SODO,
LEGISLATION HAS ADMITTED
PROVIDE BLANKET AUTHORITY TO
SDOT THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO
ADDRESS CONCERNS AS WE HEARD
FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT
THAT BLANKET AUTHORITY, I HAD
CENTRAL STAFF DRAFT AN
AMENDMENT TO THE BILL TO
REQUIRE A QUICK DIRECTORS RULE
SO THAT THE DEPARTMENT CAN
SPECIFY THE PRINCIPLES USED FOR
DESIGNATING FUTURE TRUCK
PARKING AND MOST IMPORTANTLY
ITS PROCESS FOR FUTURE PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT ON SUCH LOCATIONS.
OUR COMMITTEE WILL ALSO VOTE ON
COUNCIL BILL 120373 WHICH
WOULD ENABLE SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES TO ACCEPT EASEMENTS
FOR INSTALLATION, OPERATION AND
MAINTENANCE OF HYDRANTS, WATER
MAINS AND DOMESTIC METER
FAULTS, SERVICE METERS AND
OTHER EQUIPMENT NECESSARY FOR
WATER UTILITY PURPOSES AT
VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN SEATTLE.
I WANT TO THANK CHAIR NELSON
AND THE COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY
RECOMMENDING COUNCIL BILL
120379 LAST WEEK.
THAT IS THE SMALL BUSINESS
LEGISLATION I'M COSPONSORING
WITH COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS TO
MAKE PERMANENT THE 15% CAP ON
FEES THE DELIVERY CORPORATIONS
CHARGE TO SEATTLE RESTAURANTS.
THAT BILL HAS A STANDARD 30 DAY
LIMITATION DELAY BEFORE IT
BECOMES EFFECTIVE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS,
PLEASE CONTACT CENTRAL STAFF.
IN DISTRICT 4, SEATTLE POLICE
REPORTED THAT APPROXIMATELY 300
TEENAGERS WERE AFTER HOURS AT
THE PARK WHEN AN 18-YEAR-OLD
WAS INJURED, ALLEGEDLY FROM A
GUNSHOT WOUND AFTER SOMEONE
FIRED A WEAPON INTO THE AIR.
LENGTHILY THE INJURY WAS NOT
LIFE-THREATENING.
TO THANK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
FOR RESPONDING TO THE 911 CALLS
THEY RECEIVED.
I HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH
CONSTITUENTS AND THE PUBLIC
SAFETY ERECTOR AND SEATTLE
PARKS OFFICIALS FOR WEEKS ABOUT
HOW TO PREVENT AND REDUCE CRIME
OF PEOPLE WHO VISIT THE PARK
AFTER HOURS INCLUDING
DRAGRACING HAS BEEN GOING ON.
EXPECTED PLAN FOR AN EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENT SHORTLY COULD INCLUDE
MOVING SOME OF THE ENTRANCE
GATES AND CLOSING EARLIER IN
THE EVENING.
I ALSO ATTENDED A GATHERING AT
MURPHY'S PUB HOSTED BY THE
POPULAR NEIGHBORHOOD BLOG, I
GOT TO MEET SEVERAL OF THE
WRITERS AND EDITORS OF THE BLOG
WHICH KEEPS EVERYONE INFORMED
OF ISSUES WHICH DON'T OFTEN GET
COVERED IN CITYWIDE MEDIA
OUTLETS.
WE DISCUSSED PUBLIC SAFETY,
HOMELESSNESS, THE CITY BUDGET,
REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENTS,
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND OTHER
TOPICS IMPACTING THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
WALLY HOOD CONTINUES TO SEEK
WRITERS TO ADD CONTENT TO THEIR
BLOG. IN DISTRICT 4 LAST WEEK I
MET WITH THE MAYOR'S NOMINEE TO
BE THE NEXT DIRECTOR OF THE
SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION.
GREGORY AND I MET ON THE 100-
YEAR-OLD UNIVERSITY BRIDGE
WHICH CONNECTS ROOSEVELT, U-
DISTRICT AND SEVERAL OTHER
NORTH SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOODS TO
EAST LAKE, SOUTH LAKE UNION AND
DOWNTOWN.
UNIVERSITY BRIDGE RECEIVED THE
WORST RANKING FROM THE BRIDGE
AUDIT WE CONDUCTED TWO YEARS
AGO DUE TO ITS DETERIORATING
ETHICAL CONDITION.
OUR TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
WILL CONSIDER THE NOMINATION AT
OUR AUGUST 16 AND SEPTEMBER SIX
MEETINGS.
AND WILL FOLLOW THE VETTING
PROCESS FOR ALL EXECUTIVE
NOMINEES AS OUTLINED IN
RESOLUTION 318618.
I WANT TO RANK THE MAYOR AND
HIS TEAM FOR DELIVERING STRONG
CANDIDATE FOR OUR CONSIDERATION.
GREG APPEARS TO HAVE AN
IMPRESSIVE RESUME,
TRANSPORTATION LEADERSHIP THAT
INCLUDES PERFORMANCE
MANAGEMENT, PROJECT DELIVERY,
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND EXTENSIVE
WORK TO REDUCE HARMFUL
EMISSIONS.
TOMORROW EVENING I WILL BE
VISITING SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOOD
BLOCK 30s IN DISTRICT PORTAGE
AS PART OF THE NATIONAL NIGHT
OUT CRIME PREVENTION GATHERINGS.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE HEAR
FROM COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT?
>> IT'S NOT COUNCILMEMBER
SAWANT, IT'S COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS.
>> ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE HEAR
FROM COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?
>> AS I SHARED AT THE TOP OF
THE HOUR.
I DON'T THINK SO.
>> GREAT, I WILL TAKE AWAY.
GREAT TO SEE YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
THE REPORT FROM DISTRICT 6,
LAST THURSDAY AT 6:00 I HOSTED
AN IN PERSON TOWN HALL AT THE
GREENWOOD BRANCH LIBRARY.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR
BEING READY, FLEXIBLE AND ABLE
TO PIVOT FROM OUR OUTDOOR
LOCATION AT THE AQUA THEATER TO
THE INDOOR AIR CONDITIONED
GREENWOOD BRANCH LIBRARY.
THIS WAS TRAINED TO BALANCE THE
FACT THAT WE ARE STILL IN A
PANDEMIC AND WITH THE HEAT
ADVISORY THAT WAS HAPPENING.
IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO SEE ALL
OF THE PEOPLE IN PERSON.
WE HAD ABOUT 40 PEOPLE IN IT
WAS STANDING ROOM ONLY.
WE HAD NINE AIR FILTERS GOING
AND A ROBUST CONVERSATION,
RESIDENTS WERE ABLE TO ASK
QUESTIONS DIRECTLY ABOUT
HOMELESSNESS, HIRING
INCENTIVES, TREE PROTECTIONS,
THE GREEN LAKE OUTER LOOP AND
SUPPORT FOR THE GREENLAKE
COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND THE DESIRE, WHICH I ALSO
HOLD FOR THE INTER-LOOP OF
GREEN LAKE DO NOT ALLOW ADULTS
RIDING BICYCLES BUT KIDS WITH
PARENTS AND SKATES BEING OKAY.
ON THE RECORD, I WANT TO PUT ON
THE RECORD AGAIN THAT IS MY
POSITION.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET THROUGH
EVERYONE'S QUESTIONS AND RAN A
BIT OVER TIME.
I KNOW A COUPLE FOLKS WANTED TO
TALK MORE AND YOU HAVE SCHEDULED
MORE TIME AND CONTINUE THE
CONVERSATIONS.
THE TOWNHALL WAS DURING OFFICE
HOURS SO WE'VE GOT MORE OFFICE
HOUR SCHEDULE.
LAST WEEK ALSO IN DISTRICT 6 I
RECEIVED AN OUTER LOOP UPDATE
WITH SDOT.
I MET WITH NEIGHBORS DIRECTLY
AFTER MY TOWNHALL AND THEN MET
WITH SDOT AGAIN TO ENSURE THE
WORK SDOT IS DOING IMPLEMENTS
FIXES, FIXES PASS MISTAKES,
CREATES SAFE CROSSINGS OF
WINONA AVENUE AND MINIMIZES
WILL CREATING A BARRIER BETWEEN
THE HIGHWAY AND GREEN LAKE
WHICH IS THE MOST HEAVENLY PARK
IN OUR CITY.
SPECIFICALLY ADDED SAFE
CROSSINGS ENSURING IT DOESN'T
BLOCK PEOPLE'S DRIVEWAYS.
REDUCING CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC,
PUTTING THE ON RAMP AND
ENSURING THE INTERSECTIONS OF
WINONA AVENUE AND WEST GREENE
LAKE NORTH IS PROPERLY DESIGNED.
ADDITIONALLY I SPOKE AT THE
DOCKSIDE APARTMENTS OPEN HOUSE
CELEBRATING THE OPENING OF 70
UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THE LOW INCOME HOUSING
INSTITUTE IS STRIVING TO BE A
GOOD NEIGHBOR AND GAUGING
COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
IF ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY
WANTS TO TALK THERE MORE THAN
WILLING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION.
IT IS THE SAME BUILDING SPUDS
FISH AND CHIPS IS IN.
SPUDS WILL BE REOPENING IN THAT
SAME PLACE, I AM AWARE OF SOME
PERMITTING HURDLES AND I'VE
BEEN REACHING OUT TO FIND OUT
MORE ABOUT THE DELAY.
I ALSO MET TO DISCUSS THE LEARY
TRIBAL ACTIVATION UNDERWAY.
WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS
OF RE-SOILING AND BARKING THE
SPACE AS WELL AS ADDING A WATER
METER TO FACILITATE THE NEXT
STEPS.
I WAS ALSO ABLE TO MEET WITH
MEMBERS OF BALLARD AND FREMONT
COMMUNITY'S AS WELL AS THE NORTH
SEATTLE INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION
TO DISCUSS 40. WE ALSO HAD SDOT
METRO TOGETHER, ALTOGETHER TO
UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS, IMPACT ON
LOCAL INPUT REGARDING THE
IMPROVEMENTS.
AS PART OF MY 22nd AVENUE
WORKGROUP I MET WITH
STAKEHOLDERS INDIVIDUALLY,
SPECIFICALLY WITH ST. LUKE'S,
BALLARD ALLIANCE, PARKS
DEPARTMENT, FINANCE AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND I
WILL BE MEETING WITH THE
LIBRARY TO WORK ON 22nd.
LASTLY I MET WITH BALLARD EMCEE
AND U.S. SOCCER LEAGUE TO
DISCUSS IMPROVING AND EXPANDING
THE BALLARD -- THE INTERBAY
SOCCER FACILITY, AS YOU MAY
HAVE HEARD BALLARD FC -- ALL OF
THAT TO SAY THERE ARE
IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE
MADE TO THAT FACILITY.
YOU MAY HAVE HEARD BALLARD FC
ENDED THEIR SEASON IN THE
PLAYOFFS AND CONFERENCE FINALS.
WHILE I DISAGREED WITH THE
REFEREE CALL, I AM NOT A
REFEREE.
THERE YOU HAVE IT.
I WILL END ON A HIGH NOTE, IT
WAS INSPIRING TO WATCH THE
INAUGURAL SEASON OF BALLARD FC
WITH SEASON TICKETS SELLING OUT
IN RECORD SETTING TIME AND IT
WAS AMAZING TO WATCH ALLARD FC
CLINCHED THEIR SPOT IN THE
WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS WITH
A BICYCLE KICK IN THE 190th
MINUTE DURING OVERTIME.
AM ALREADY LOOKING FOR TO NEXT
SEASON.
THIS WEEK IN DISTRICT 6 AND
DISCUSSING THE PARTS AS PART OF
THE SPENDING PLAN.
AM ATTENDING THE BALLARD ROTARY
LUNCH TOMORROW.
AND TOMORROW EVENING WILL BE
ATTENDING SEVERAL NATIONAL
NIGHT OUT EVENTS.
WE HAVE 42 DISTRICT 6 NIGHT OUT
STREETS THAT REQUESTED ME OR
ELECTED OFFICIAL TO ATTEND SO I
WILL DO MY BEST TO GET TO ALL
WITHIN TWO HOURS.
TIME WILL BE MY ONLY BARRIER.
I LOOK FOR TO SEEING FOLKS OUT
THERE.
AS WELL AS MY STAFF WILL BE
ATTENDING THE NEIGHBORHOOD
COUNCIL MEETINGS THIS WEEK.
LAST WEEK AROUND CITY HALL AND
MET WITH SEATTLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT WITH A REGULAR CHECK
IN.
I ATTENDED THE SPD POLICE
SEARCH COMMUNITY CONVERSATION
AT NORTH SEATTLE COLLEGE
ALONGSIDE THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
THE 90 MINUTE CONVERSATION
INCLUDING A PRESENTATION ABOUT
POLICING BEST PRACTICES.
FOLLOWED BY QUESTION-AND-ANSWER
PERIOD.
THE REST OF THE TIME WAS SPENT
ON FORUMS ASKING FOLKS WITH
THEIR OPINIONS WERE AND PUTTING
THAT ON THE RECORD.
I WAS ALSO PROUD TO SEE
LEGISLATION CAPPING FOOD AND
BEVERAGE DELIVERY FEES THAT
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN AND I
COSPONSORED.
IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY VOTED OUT
OF THE SEATTLE CITY LIGHT
COMMITTEE.
AM LOOKING FOR TO THE FINAL
VOTE TOMORROW.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN FOR ALLOWING ME TO
JOIN YOU IN THIS IMPORTANT
WORK.
WHICH IS SMALL BUSINESS
PROTECTION, PROTECTING FOODIES
AND RESTAURATEURS ALIKE.
IN THE LAND USE COMMITTEE, THE
NEXT MEETING WILL BE ON
SEPTEMBER 14.
WE WILL NOT BE HAVING AN AUGUST
10 COMMITTEE MEETING.
THERE IS ONE ITEM ON THE
OFFICIAL AGENDA AND SIX ON OUR
DRAFT AGENDA.
FOR THE SEPTEMBER 14 COMMITTEE
WE WILL BE HEARING THE
CONFERENCE OF DOCKETING WE
HEARD IN THE COMMUNITY LAST
WEEK.
THE SIX ITEMS ON OUR DRAFT
AGENDA ARE POSSIBLY THE OMNIBUS
BILL, A PUBLIC HEARING AND
BRIEFING, A TOWNHOUSE DENSITY
LIMIT, PUBLIC HEARING AND
BRIEFING.
CONFERENCE OF DOCKING, AND THE
OPC D DIRECTOR CONFIRMATION AS
WELL AS THE CROWN HILL DESIGN
GUIDELINES AND THE VIRTUAL
DESIGN REVIEW BILL.
PUBLIC HEARING AND BRIEFING.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS ON THE
REFERRAL CALENDAR. I THINK THAT
IS MY REPORT.
COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS?
SEEING NONE I WILL PASS IT OVER
TO COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS.
WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU.
LET'S JUMP INTO THE REPORTS.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS ON THIS
AFTERNOON'S AGENDA FROM THE
PUBLIC SAFETY, I'M SORRY, FROM
THE PUBLIC ASSETS AND
HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE.
I DO HAVE SOME UPDATES FROM
SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT I
WILL GO THROUGH AT THIS TIME.
FROM THE SEATTLE PUBLIC
LIBRARY, THE LIBRARY HAS BEEN
WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE OFFICE
OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT THIS
WEEK IN RESPONSE TO A HEAT WAVE
WE ARE EXPERIENCING.
LIBRARY HAS SHIPPED AND STAFFED
TO ENSURE AIR-CONDITIONED
BRANCHES ARE OPEN THROUGHOUT
THE WEEKEND.
THESE LOCATIONS SERVE A WELL
NEEDED RESPITE FROM THE HEAT
FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND
OFFER A CHANCE TO PERUSE THE
COLLECTIONS OF MATERIALS OF THE
SEATTLE LIBRARY.
THE LIBRARY REPORTS THAT THEY
ARE THANKFUL FOR THE FUNDS THE
CITY COUNCIL APPROVED IN OUR
LAST BUDGET.
TO ADD AIR CONDITIONING TO THE
SOUTHWEST AND NORTHEAST
BRANCHES OF THE SEATTLE PUBLIC
LIBRARY TO HELP MAKE THIS A
VIABLE STRATEGY DURING TIMES OF
EXTREME HEAT.
AND, WITH GREENE LAKE
RENOVATION STARTING THIS YEAR,
WE WILL CONTINUE TO ENHANCE AND
EXPAND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
LIBRARIES TO BE USED AS COOLING
CENTERS DURING THESE EXTREME
WEATHER EVENTS LOOKING FOR THAT
ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE
HAPPENING UNFORTUNATELY EVERY
SUMMER SEASON GOING FORWARD.
SO, AGAIN, IT REALLY
UNDERSCORES THE NEED FOR US TO
LEAN INTO THIS WORK AS PART OF
THE PARK DISTRICT RENEWAL.
BUT IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT OUR
PARTNERS AT THE SEATTLE PUBLIC
LIBRARY ARE CONTINUING TO WORK
ON THOSE RENOVATIONS AND
OPERATE THESE BRANCHES FOR THIS
IMPORTANT SERVICE.
I'M EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE TODAY
THAT THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN
THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND
TO ADVANCE RACIAL EQUITY IN
AMERICAN ARCHIVES IS PART OF
THE DIGITAL PUBLIC LIBRARY OF
AMERICA DIGITAL EQUITY PROJECT.
IT IS GOING FORWARD.
FUNDED BY THE FOUNDATION.
IN JUNE THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF
AMERICA ANNOUNCED $850,000 IN
NEW FUNDING FOR THIS
INITIATIVE.
TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS TO
ADVANCE RACIAL JUSTICE AND
AMERICAN ARCHIVING.
THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY IS
PART OF THE INITIAL COURT OF
THREE LIBRARIES THAT HAVE BEEN
SELECTED FOR THIS DIGITAL
EQUITY PROJECT.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW
THOSE ARE IMPLEMENTED BY THE
SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY'S.
I KNOW THAT THE CHIEF LABORING
IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT
WORK.
THE LATEST WE CAN CLOSURES FOR
THE CENTRAL LIBRARY PARKING
GARAGE ARE AUGUST 12-14 AND
AUGUST 19-21.
THE GARAGE WILL CLOSE ON BOTH
FRIDAYS AT 6:00 P.M.
AND OPEN THE NORMALLY SCHEDULED
TIME ON THE FOLLOWING MONDAY
MORNINGS.
SO, NOTE, IF YOU ARE RELYING ON
DRIVING AND PARKING AT THE
SEATTLE CENTRAL LIBRARY THOSE
WEEKEND LIBRARY CLOSURES.
PIVOTING NOW TO PARKS, I HAD A
GREAT TIME MEETING WITH
COMMUNITY MEMBERS LAST
THURSDAY, JULY 28, AT THE QUEEN
AND COMMUNITY CENTER FOR THE
FIRST OF THREE IN DISTRICT TOWN
HALLS REGARDING THE RENEWAL OF
METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT.
WE HEARD FROM AT LEAST 30
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO CAME IN
ATTENDANCE AND TALKED ABOUT A
NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CONCERNS
THAT I DON'T THINK ARE GOING TO
BE FOREIGN TO ANY OF US HERE ON
THE COUNCIL REGARDING THE
CLEANLINESS AND MAINTENANCE OF
BATHROOMS, THE HOURS OF
OPERATION FOR THE COMMUNITY
CENTERS, THE ACCESSIBILITY OF
OFF LEASH AREAS AND JUST THE
GENERAL MAINTENANCE OF OUR
PUBLIC WORKS.
SO, I REALLY APPRECIATED
GETTING THAT FEEDBACK AND I
REALLY WANT TO THANK MY TEAM
HERE IN THE OFFICE FOR THEIR
WORK ALONG WITH FORGETTING THAT
TOGETHER.
I WANT TO THANK MALIKA JACOB
AND PARKER IN PARTICULAR FOR
REALLY MAKING SURE THAT WAS A
FLAWLESSLY RUN EVENT AND THAT
THERE WERE NO TECHNICAL ISSUES
AND WE WERE ABLE TO SOLICIT AND
SYNTHESIZE A LOT OF FEEDBACK TO
HELP WITH OUR DELIBERATIONS ON
PRIORITIES FOR THE METROPOLITAN
PARK DISTRICT.
JUST AS A REMINDER TO MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC, ON MONDAY,
AUGUST 8, WE WILL HAVE OUR NEXT
IN DISTRICT TOWN HALL ON THE
METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT,
THAT WILL BE AT 41, 115 L
STREET.
IN THE BELLTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD.
THAT WILL RUN FROM 5:30 PM TO
7:30 PM.
WE WILL ALSO HAVE A COMMUNITY
MEETING IN MAGNOLIA AT THE
COMMUNITY CENTER AT 2550 34th
AVENUE WEST AND THAT WILL BE
FROM 5:30 PM TO 7:30 PM ON
AUGUST 11.
DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC TO TURN OUT, IT WAS
A GREAT INITIAL EVENT ON QUEEN
ANNE AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD
TO KEEPING THE DIALOGUE GOING
HERE OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AS
WE CONTINUE TO DELIBERATE ON
PRIORITIES FOR THE METROPOLITAN
PARK DISTRICT.
AND WITH THAT, COLLEAGUES, I DO
NOT HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.
I WILL PASS IT ON TO
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> APOLOGIES.
APOLOGIES MADAM PRESIDENT, I
DID TELL COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA I WOULD RELAY ON HER
BRIEF UPDATES AS WELL.
HAVING FINISHED MY REPORT,
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA IS OUT
THIS WEEK ATTENDING THE
NATIONAL PROGRESS CONFERENCE.
IN ADDITION TO JOINING THIS
NATIONAL CONVENING,
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA IS ON
THE BOARD OF LOCAL PROGRESS
AND WANTED TO JUST MAKE SURE
THAT IT WAS CLEAR FOR MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC WHERE SHE IS THIS
WEEK.
SHE WANTED ALSO TO RELAY THAT
THE FINANCE AND HOUSING
COMMITTEE MEETING ON THE
MIDYEAR SUPPLE MENTAL ORDINANCE
COUNCIL BUILT 120366 IS GOING
TO BE -- THAT ORDINANCE IS
GOING TO BE ON TOMORROW, WE DID
DELAY IT FOR LACK OF A QUORUM
FROM VOTING ON IT LAST WEEK.
SHE INDICATES FOR ANY QUESTIONS
ON THE ORDINANCE PLEASE FEEL
FREE TO CONTACT HER OFFICE OR
COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF.
WITH THAT, I WILL PASS IT OVER
TO COUNCILMEMBER MORALES.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS, GOOD
AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
WITH MY COMMITTEE, THERE ARE NO
ITEMS CULTURE AND CIVIL RIGHTS
COMMITTEE ON TOMORROW SO
COUNCIL AGENDA.
OUR NEXT COMMITTEE WILL BE NEXT
FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, AT 9:30 AM.
ON TOMORROW'S AGENDA I DO HAVE
AN AMENDMENT TO CANCEL BILL
120379.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN AND
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS'S BILL
THAT WOULD CAP DELIVERY SERVICE
FEES.
THAT WAS CIRCULATED BY KARINA
THIS NOON, BY NOON, AS REQUIRED.
THE AMENDMENTS WOULD PROHIBIT
FOOD DELIVERY PLATFORMS FROM
REDUCING COMPENSATION OF FOOD
DELIVERY PLATFORM WORKERS IN
ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE
ORDINANCE AND UNDER EXISTING
LANGUAGE IN THE REMEDY SECTION
OF THE ORDINANCE FOR DELIVERY
WORKERS WOULD HAVE A RIGHT TO
FILE A CIVIL ACTION TO ENFORCE
THE REQUIREMENTS.
COLLEAGUES, YOU WILL RECALL
THAT IN EARLY 2020 MY OFFICE
WORKED WITH THEN COUNCIL
PRESIDENT GONZALEZ TO MAKE SURE
THIS PROTECTION WAS INCLUDED IN
THE ORIGINAL CIVIL EMERGENCY
BILL.
I KNOW THERE MAY BE SOME
CONCERN ABOUT POSSIBLE RISK,
BUT THE CITY DOES HAVE CLEAR
AUTHORITY TO REGULATE WAGES, WE
JUST DID THAT WITH PAY UP
LEGISLATION.
I ALSO KNOW THAT THE INDUSTRY,
THE PLATFORM DELIVERY INDUSTRY
SUPPORTED SIMILAR FEE CAP
LEGISLATION IN MINNEAPOLIS. AND
THAT LEGISLATION DOES INCLUDE A
PROVISION THAT PREVENTS
DEDUCTION FROM WORKER'S
COMPENSATION.
I DO THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO
INCLUDE THIS PROVISION AS WE
HAD IN THE EMERGENCY ORDINANCE
AND THAT WE MAKE A CLEAR
STATEMENT THAT PLATFORM
COMPANIES CAN'T REDUCE THE PAY
OF WORKERS IN ORDER TO COMPLY
WITH THE NEW ORDINANCE.
SO, THAT IS WHAT THAT AMENDMENT
IS.
KARINA IS AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS, OTHERWISE WE WILL
TAKE THAT UP TOMORROW.
MOVING ON, MY OFFICE MET WITH
OCD, IT WAS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO
TO DISCUSS OUR PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS IN THE VERY CLOSE
ALIGNMENT WITH THE GOALS OF MY
PROPOSED AMENDMENT IN THE WORK
OF OPCD AS IT RELATES TO
EQUITABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
I DO WANT TO SHARE MY
APPRECIATION FOR OPCD'S REMARKS
AT LAST WEEK'S LAND-USE MEETING.
SHARING THE SUPPORT FROM THE
DEPARTMENT AND THE PLANNING
COMMISSION FOR THE VISION
COMING FROM THE SEATTLE WITHIN
REACH COALITION TO MY OFFICE
HAS BEEN WORKING WITH SINCE
úJANUARY, TO REALLY BRING
CENTRAL SERVICES CLOSER TO
PEOPLE IN SEATTLE.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS FOR HIS SUPPORT DURING
THIS CONCEPT AT THAT MEETING
AS WELL.
AS OUR SEATTLE WITHIN REACH
COALITION CONTINUES TO DEVELOP
POLICY IDEAS, I WILL BE WORKING
WITH OPCD TO SHARE WHAT WE ARE
HEARING FROM THE 35 ADVOCACY
AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
INVOLVED IN OUR DELIBERATIONS
AROUND HOW WE CAN CREATE A 15
MINUTE CITY THAT REALLY MEETS
THE NEEDS OF ALL SEATTLEITES.
PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO
CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE AND
AFFORDABLE ESSENTIAL RESOURCES
NEARBY.
SO THAT WE HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF
AFFORDABLE NONPROFIT AND SOCIAL
HOUSING, MOBILITY INVESTMENTS,
THAT REALLY MAKE MULTIMODAL
CONNECTIONS BETWEEN
NEIGHBORHOODS. AND MY OFFICE
WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE
NOTION THAT THE CITY OF SEATTLE
MUST ACT WITH A SENSE OF
URGENCY THAT OUR HOUSING AND
CLIMATE CRISES A MAN'S.
JUST LAST WEEK THERE WAS
REPORTING OF ENROLLMENT IN
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
DRAMATICALLY DECLINING.
AT LEAST ONE OF THE REASONS
GIVEN FOR THE DRAMATIC DECLINE
WAS EXTREMELY HIGH COST OF
LIVING HERE IN THE CITY.
WE KNOW THAT RENTS ARE STILL
SKYROCKETING, IT IS VIRTUALLY
IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND A THREE
BEDROOM OR FOUR BEDROOM
APARTMENT IN THE CITY, LET
ALONE ONE THAT IS AFFORDABLE
FOR WORKING-CLASS FAMILY WITH
KIDS.
SO, AS WE ARE DELIBERATING ON
HOW BEST TO SERVE SEATTLE
FAMILIES, HAVE TO BE
INTENTIONAL ABOUT CREATING AS
MANY HOUSING OPTIONS AS
POSSIBLE.
SO, YOU CAN PICK YOUR FOOD
METAPHOR, COWBOY, COOKIE,
BLUEBERRY WAFFLE, I HAVE SEEN A
LOT OF POSTINGS, WHATEVER WE
DO, WE NEED TO BE BOLD IN THE
ACTION WE TAKE AND WE NEED TO
ADDRESS THE DECADES LONG
BACKLOG OF HOUSING AND PREPARE
FOR THE EXPECTED GROWTH THE
CITY WILL BE EXPERIENCING, WILL
WE ALSO MAKE SURE EVERY
SATELLITE HAS SERVICES WITHIN
REACH.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
STRAUSS AND ALL THE FOLKS AT
OPCD FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN
WORKING WITH US AS WE ARE
TALKING THROUGH THESE AMENDMENTS
AND THE WORKGROUP LAUNCHING.
MOVING ONTO REGIONAL COMMITTEE
UPDATES, I DO HAVE -- SINCE
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD AND I
BOTH SIT ON THE BOARD OF
HEALTH, IF IT'S OKAY, I DO HAVE
SOME WORDS FROM COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD ABOUT THE BOARD OF
HEALTH.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD STARTED
HEARING FROM CONSTITUENTS
CONCERNED ABOUT MONKEYPOX.
ASKING WHAT OUR COMMUNITY
RESPONSE IS.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE 122 CONFIRMED
CASES IN KING COUNTY.
MONKEYPOX CAUSES FLULIKE
SYMPTOMS AND MOST PEOPLE ALSO
DEVELOP A PAINFUL RASH.
IT DOES SPREAD FROM PERSON TO
PERSON IN SEVERAL WAYS.
THOSE INCLUDE, DIRECT CONTACT
WITH THE INFECTIOUS RASH, SCABS
OR BUMPS.
RESPIRATORY SECRETIONS DURING
PROLONGED FACE-TO-FACE CONTACT.
OR DURING PHYSICAL CONTACT SUCH
AS KISSING, CUDDLING OR SEX.
TOUCHING ITEMS SUCH AS CLOTHING
OR LINENS THAT PREVIOUSLY
TOUCHED THE INFECTIOUS RASH OR
BODILY FLUIDS.
PREGNANT PEOPLE CAN SPREAD THE
VIRUS TO THEIR FETUS THROUGH
THE PLACENTA.
SO, THIS IS SERIOUS.
IT IS EASILY SPREAD AND LOCALLY
WE KNOW PEOPLE AT HIGHEST RISK
OF RECENT EXPOSURE TO MONKEYPOX
ARE MEN WHO HAVE HAD SEX WITH
MEN AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD
PHYSICAL CONTACT WITH MULTIPLE
PARTNERS.
KING COUNTY HAS SO FAR BEEN
ALLOCATED 4720 VACCINE DOSES.
THAT IS FOR AN ESTIMATED 20,000
PEOPLE AT HIGHEST RISK OF
MONKEYPOX LOCALLY.
SO, CLEARLY WE DO NOT HAVE
ENOUGH VACCINE FOR THE FOLKS
WHO ARE POTENTIALLY AT RISK OF
EXPOSURE.
THE CDC MAKES DECISIONS ABOUT
HOW TO DISTRIBUTE VACCINE, NOT
OUR LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH
DEPARTMENT.
AND THEY MAKE THAT DECISION
BASED ON THE NUMBER OF CASES AN
ESTIMATED SIZE OF THE
POPULATION AT RISK.
OUR PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS
IN CONVERSATION WITH CDC TO
FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN GET MORE
VACCINE.
IN DEVELOPING VACCINE
DISTRIBUTION STRATEGY PUBLIC
HEALTH WILL BE GETTING INPUT
AND HAS BEEN GETTING INPUT FROM
PROVIDERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS
AS WELL AS ORGANIZATIONS THAT
ARE IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH FOLKS
WHO ARE MOST AT RISK.
AND, WITH THE VERY LIMITED
SUPPLY, WE KNOW THAT AS WE SAW
WITH COVID, THE FIRST-COME,
FIRST-SERVED STRATEGY IS NOT
EFFECTIVE AND EQUITABLE.
SO THEY WILL BE WORKING TO MAKE
SURE THAT THOSE VACCINES GET
DISTRIBUTED APPROPRIATELY.
PUBLIC HEALTH DOES OF A HELPFUL
WEBPAGE THAT PROVIDES UPDATED
INFORMATION ABOUT MONKEYPOX AND
THAT IS THAT KING COUNTY
.GOV/MONKEYPOX.
IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE BEEN
EXPOSED OR HAVE SYMPTOMS,
PLEASE CONTACT YOUR HEALTHCARE
PROVIDER RIGHT AWAY.
OR YOU CAN CALL PUBLIC HEALTH
ACCESS AND OUTREACH LINE.
ONE 807 56 5437 TO BE CONNECTED.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD HAS ALSO
REQUESTED THAT I PROVIDE A
BRIEFING ABOUT MONKEYPOX AT THE
NEXT COUNCIL BRIEFING.
SO, SHE DOES WANT TO THANK THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR MAKING
TIME ON THE AGENDA FOR THAT.
OKAY, LAST THINGS FOR ME, MY
DISTRICT UPDATES ON WEDNESDAY,
I WILL BE AT THE FARMERS MARKET
TO MEET WITH CONSTITUENTS.
I ALSO HAVE MY MONTHLY MEETING
WITH THE MOUNT BAKER COMMUNITY
OR GROUP AND MY STAFF WILL BE
MEETING WITH THE LITTLE SAIGON
WORKGROUP TO REVIEW THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY PLAN THAT
THEY ARE SEEKING SUPPORT FOR.
I WAS DISAPPOINTED TO SEE THAT
THE $75,000 REQUEST DID NOT
PASS OUT OF THE FINANCE AND
HOUSING COMMITTEE.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY
WIH THE LITTLE SAIGON
COMMUNITY AND THEY ARE ASKING
FOR SUPPORT FROM CITY, COUNTY
AND FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH
THEM THERE AND HOPE TO GET THAT
NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY PLAN FUNDED
FOR THEM.
FINALLY, LATER THIS WEEK I WILL
BE ATTENDING THE PROGRESS
NATIONAL CONVENING IN DENVER.
I WILL BE OUT OF THE OFFICE
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
AT THE CONVENTION I WILL HOST A
PANEL WITH ELLIE CITY COUNCIL
MEMBER MIKE ON BUILDING
EQUITABLE MULTIMODAL
CONNECTIONS BETWEEN
NEIGHBORHOODS.
MY STAFF AND I WILL ALSO BE
ATTENDING WORKGROUPS ON HOW TO
WIN RENT CONTROL, HOW TO
PROMOTE MORE COMMUNITY
OWNERSHIP OF LAND, THERE WILL
BE A PANEL ON ACCESS, FEDERAL
FUNDING, AND WE WILL TO WORK
DENVER'S AFFORDABLE AND
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
LANDSCAPE AND OUTDOOR SPACES.
MY STAFF AND I WILL MEET WITH
LEGISLATIVE OFFICES FROM
WASHINGTON, D.C. AND OTHER
CITIES ON OUR SHARED GOAL OF
BUILDING SOCIAL HOUSING.
COLLEAGUES, THAT IS ALL I HAVE
FOR TODAY.
IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, I AM
HAPPY TO TAKE THEM.
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON?
>> ON CUE VERY MUCH FOR
HIGHLIGHTING MONKEYPOX.
I RAISED THE ALARM LAST WEEK IN
BRIEFINGS AND FOLLOWED UP WITH
MY COLLEAGUES IN EMAIL.
BASICALLY SAYING THAT,
ACKNOWLEDGING WE HAVE RECEIVED
EMAILS FROM CONSTITUENTS AND IN
RESPONSE TO ONE PERSON I DID ASK
PUBLIC HEALTH WHAT IS HAPPENING
, AND RECEIVED INFORMATION
ABOUT THEIR EFFORTS SO FAR.
YOU AND COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD
AND I THINK COUNCILMEMBER
MOSQUEDA, I AM NOT SURE WHO THE
THIRD PERSON IS, WILL SERVE ON
THE BOARD.
AND SO, I'M JUST WONDERING IF
THERE IS GOING TO BE A
COORDINATED CITY RESPONSE WITH
THE EXECUTIVE ON ACTIONS THAT
WE THINK SHOULD BE ACCELERATED
OR HIGHLIGHTED OR JUST WORKED
ON MORE.
THAN WHAT IS CURRENTLY
HAPPENING.
MAYBE THIS WILL COME UP IN
BRIEFINGS NEXT WEEK.
FOR A PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN,
OR TO ACCELERATE DISTRIBUTION
OF PREVENTATIVE VACCINES, ET
CETERA.
SO I AM JUST WONDERING, IS
THERE ANY WORK GOING ON BEHIND
THE SCENES THAT ARE POSITIONING
US WELL TO ADVOCATE FOR WHAT
COULD BE THE NEXT CRISIS?
>> I WILL BE INTERESTED AS WELL
TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC HEALTH
DEPARTMENT NEXT WEEK.
WE ARE -- YOU KNOW, AS WE
WORKED CLOSELY WITH PUBLIC
HEALTH FOR COVID, A LOT OF THE
PRIORITY WAS AROUND CONNECTING
WITH COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS, FOLKS WERE ON
THE GROUND WHO HAVE THE CLOSE
RELATIONSHIPS WITH THOSE
PARTICULARLY WHO ARE KIND OF
FURTHEST FROM HEALTHCARE ACCESS
. THAT WAS A BIG PUSH FROM THE
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT. I
THINK EACH OF US AS
COUNCILMEMBERS AND THE CITY
WERE ALSO VERY INTERESTED IN
MAKING SURE THAT WE REACHED OUT
TO THE SOMALI HEALTH BOARD, FOR
EXAMPLE, AND PARTICULARLY
HEALTH BOARDS THAT FOCUS ON
IMMIGRANT REFUGEE POPULATIONS.
OUR ROLE I THINK WILL BE MAKING
SURE THAT THOSE CONNECTIONS
PERSIST, AND THAT THE
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE BEGIN TO
BUILD UP DURING THE COVID
EPIDEMIC, THAT IT STILL THERE.
I THINK THAT WAS A BIG FOCUS
FOR US AS A CITY AND COUNTY
PUBLIC HEALTH AS THE
CORONAVIRUS STARTED TO TAKE
HOLD.
THOSE SYSTEMS ARE ALL STILL IN
PLACE AND I THINK THE GOING TO
BE REALLY IMPORTANT TO HOW WE
SHARE THIS INFORMATION.
THE COMMUNITY MOST IMPACTED,
THEY MIGHT BE DIFFERENT IN THIS
CASE GIVEN HOW IT'S TRANSMITTED.
BUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND WAY
IN WHICH WE ENSURE FOLKS WERE
MOST AT RISK GET ACCESS FIRST
IS GOING TO BE REALLY
IMPORTANT.
>> GOT IT.
I THINK MAYBE LIFELONG AIDS
FOUNDATION MIGHT BE A GOOD ONE
OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS SERVING
MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN.
THANKS.
>> I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS.
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA IS NOT
HERE SO I WILL PASS IT TO
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THERE ARE THREE ITEMS ON
TOMORROW'S AGENDA FOR ME FOR
THE ECONOMIC ELEMENT AND
TECHNOLOGY IN CITY LIKE
COMMITTEE.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN AND
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS HAVE
SPOKEN TO 120390 WHICH PASSED
UNANIMOUSLY OUT OF OUR
COMMITTEE.
SO LOOKING FOR TO THAT BOAT.
WE WILL ALSO HAVE APPOINTMENT
02279 CONFIRMING DIRECTOR OF
THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED
UNANIMOUSLY THAT CITY COUNCIL
CONFIRM THAT APPOINTMENT.
COUNCIL BILL 120378 IS ON THE
AGENDA.
IT AUTHORIZES CITY LIKE TO
EXECUTE OPERATIONS AND
MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT AND A
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AGREEMENT
WITH SNOHOMISH COUNTY PUD AND
IT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
AND ALSO AT LAST WEEK'S MEETING
WE HAD A PUBLIC HEARING AND OUR
FIRST DISCUSSION OF RESOLUTION
32061 WHICH WOULD APPROVE CITY
LIGHT 2022 INTEGRATED RESOURCE
PLAN.
AND WE WILL HAVE OUR NEXT
DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE ON
THAT ON AUGUST 10.
OKAY, REPORT FROM LAST WEEK.
I MET WITH OED INTERIM DIRECTOR
McINTYRE TO DIRECT SHORT MEDIUM
AND LONG-TERM ACTIONS THAT WE
BOTH AGREE IT WOULD BE PRIORITY
FOR ADVANCING DOWNTOWN RECOVERY.
I MET WITH THE ESC EXECUTIVE
ERECTOR DANIEL TO BEGIN
CONVERSATION ON HOW TO BETTER
MATCH PEOPLE WHO ARE
EXPERIENCING CHRONIC
HOMELESSNESS AND WHO SUFFER
FROM SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES
WITH TREATMENT, WHICH IS ONE OF
MY TOP PRIORITIES.
I MEANT WITH REPRESENTATIVES
MET WITH AMERICAN MIDDLE
MEDICAL RESPONSE CIRCLING
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THE
CHALLENGES THEY FACE IN
TRANSPORTING INDIVIDUALS TO OR
BETWEEN HOSPITALS, THERE ARE A
BUNCH OF CHALLENGES I DID NOT
KNOW ABOUT INCLUDING THE FACT
THAT BECAUSE OF SHORT STAFFING
IN OUR HOSPITALS AMBULANCES NEED
TO WAIT A LONG TIME TO ACTUALLY
DELIVER PATIENTS TO EMERGENCY
ROOMS.
THIS IS IMPACTING CARE THAT
PEOPLE RECEIVE.
BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS
CURRENTLY -- IT'S OUTSIDE OF
OUR CONTROL BECAUSE STAFFING
SHORTAGES IN PRETTY MUCH ALL
SECTORS OF OUR ECONOMY.
I MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES, I
MET WITH THE SEATTLE HEARING
EXAMINER FOR PRESENTATION AND
DISCUSSION OF THE OFFICE OF
HEARING EXAMINERS 2021 ANNUAL
REPORT.
AND AN EXTERNAL OR OFF-SITE
MEETING HIGHLIGHT ATTENDING THE
WOODLAND PARK ZOO EVENT FOR
NEIGHBORS ADJACENT TO OR NEARBY
WOODLAND PARK.
THEY ARE ABLE TO COME TO THE
ZOO FOR FREE AND MEET EACH OTHER
. I WAS REALLY THRILLED WITH
THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET UP CLOSE
WITH BUDDY, A FEDERAL EAGLE OWL
AND LEARN ABOUT THEIR HABITS IN
THE WILD AND FIND OUT MORE ABOUT
THE UPCOMING ISSUES GOING ON AT
THE WOODLAND PARK ZOO AND TALK
WITH MY NEIGHBORS AS WELL.
SO, THIS WEEK, A BIG THING,
TOMORROW IS I WILL BE JOINING
MAYOR HARRELL AND INTERIM OED
DIRECTOR AT A PRESS EVENT AT
SIMPLY SOULFUL TO ANNOUNCE THE
RECIPIENTS OF THE NEXT ROUND OF
TENANT IMPROVEMENT GRANTS. THE
EVENT WILL ALSO HAVE AN
ANNOUNCEMENT AT THIS PILOT
PROGRAM WILL BE EXPANDED USING
$1.9 MILLION OF FEDERAL
RECOVERY DOLLARS.
WHAT THIS PROGRAM DOES IS IT
HELPS SMALL BUSINESSES WITH
IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR SPACES.
THEY WILL BE GIVEN INFORMATION
ON HOW THEY CAN APPLY FOR
GRANTS UP TO $100,000 TO BUILD
OUT COMMERCIAL SPACES.
JUST A NOTE, SIMPLY SOULFUL IS A
PREVIOUS GRANT RECIPIENT. IT
WAS AWARDED FUNDING IN THE
EVENT WILL BE AT THEIR NEW
LOCATION THAT USED FUNDING TO
COMPLETE THE PROJECT.
I WILL ALSO BE MEETING WITH
SEATTLE 352 DISCUSS THE MARKS
LEVY AND HEALTHY THROUGH HEAT
AND SMOKE CAMPAIGN.
I WILL BE MEETING WITH PETE
MANNING AND MIKE OF EXCELLENCE
IN CANNABIS TO DISCUSS INCOMING
LEGISLATION ON CANNABIS EQUITY
AND ALSO I WILL BE MEETING WITH
MEMBERS OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
TO DISCUSS THAT LEGISLATION AS
WELL.
I WILL BE MEETING WITH FRIENDS
OF DEAD HORSE CANYON LOCATED IN
SOUTH SEATTLE REGARDING A
COMMUNITY PROJECT THEY WOULD
LIKE SOME HELP ON AND THERE IS
MORE INFORMATION COMING ON
THAT.
AND I WILL BE TAKING A TOUR AND
MEETING WITH LEADERSHIP OF THE
NORDIC HERITAGE MUSEUM LATER ON
NEXT WEEK.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
ANY OF THE ITEMS I MENTIONED?
SEEING THEM, I WILL PASS IT TO
COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
>> THANK YOU.
AGAIN, THANK YOU TO
COUNCILMEMBER MORALES AND
COUNCILMEMBER NELSON FOR
BRINGING UP THE MONKEYPOX
ISSUE.
WERE GOING TO HAVE A
PRESENTATION FOR PUBLIC HEALTH
ON AUGUST 8 . I AM GUESSING WE
WILL HAVE MATERIAL BEFORE HAND
ON THE PRESENTATION.
AND WE CAN LINE UP QUESTIONS
AND FIND OUT MORE.
I'M GUESSING IT WILL BE LIKE IT
WAS WITH COVID, WE HAVE THE
SAME INSTITUTIONS IN PLACE THAT
WILL BE ACTIVATED. IT WILL BE
QUICKER THAN IT WAS WITH COVID.
ALSO THE VACCINE AND INFORMATION
GIVING IT TO THE RIGHT
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATIONS SO WE
HAVE THOSE THAT CAN ADMINISTER
WHATEVER COMES FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO THE STATE
GOVERNMENT TO KING COUNTY BOARD
OF HEALTH AND EVENTUALLY TO US.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
FOLKS, THE GOVERNANCE NATIVE
COMMUNITIES AND TRIBAL
GOVERNMENTS MET LAST THURSDAY
TO RECOMMEND THE INAUGURAL
MEMBERS OF THE INDIGENOUS
ADVISORY COUNCIL. THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS
PRESENTED ON THE HISTORY AND
FORMATION OF THE IAC.
I WANT TO THANK YOU TO THE
DIRECTOR INTERIM GREG FOR
úLEADING THE PRESENTATION.
I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT
TO THE IAC LIAISON, FRANCESCA,
ALL THE GREAT PRAISES FOR THE
WORK THEY DID, IN THE
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD, TO
GET THIS DONE.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS OF THE NINE
PEOPLE THAT WERE SELECTED, FOUR
OF THOSE MEMBERS ARE ACTUALLY
ELECTED TRIBAL SITTING COUNCIL
MEMBERS. MY UNDERSTANDING IS
THEY HAD OVER 40 APPLICATIONS
AND 30 WERE COMPLETED WITH
INTERVIEWS AND MANY ROUNDS AND
FINALLY THEY PROCEEDED.
IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AT
WHAT WE POSTED ON THE RESUMES
AND APPOINTMENT PACKETS, THEY
ARE ACTUALLY VERY IMPRESSIVE.
UNFORTUNATELY THERE ARE A LOT
OF WONDERFULLY QUALIFIED PEOPLE
BUT THERE WERE ONLY NINE SEATS.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS IN 2023
THEY WILL LOOK AT HAVING TWO
MORE SEATS OPEN.
THERE'S MORE TO COME ON THAT.
AGAIN THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
THE INDIGENOUS ADVISORY
COMMITTEE WAS PUT TOGETHER.
I THINK IT MAY BE THE FIRST OR
SECOND CITY TO DO IT.
PORTLAND HAS DONE IT BUT OURS
IS DIFFERENT.
IT IS STRUCTURED, WORKING WITH
INDIGENOUS LAND ORGANIZATIONS
AND TRIBES ON THE INTERVIEW AND
MOVING IT FORWARD.
AGAIN, I CANNOT THANK FRANCESCA
AT THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS FORMALLY SEATTLE
INDIAN HEALTH BOARD, WE HAD
SOME PHENOMENAL PEOPLE FROM
INDIAN COUNTRY DOING INTERVIEWS
AND I WANT TO THANK THEM.
ALSO, TIM FROM THE EXECUTIVE
TRIBAL RELATIONS AT OIR WHO
ADVISES THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IN
OIR, AND SHE WAS GREAT.
SHE HAS PROVIDED ALL OF US WITH
THE POLICY AND BACKGROUND
INFORMATION IN OBSERVING AND
WORKING ON INTERVIEWS AND
PROCESS TO MAKE SURE WE DID THE
PROCESS IN CONJUNCTION AND IN
LINE WITH THE ORDINANCE AND
BUDGET REQUESTED COME IN AND
THEN THE ORDINANCE AND CREATION
AND FORMATION OF THE INDIGENOUS
ADVISORY COUNCIL.
ALSO THANK YOU TO MEMBERS OF
THE ELECTION COMMITTEE.
TH SELECTION COMMITTEE.
FOR THE MAYORAL AND LEGISLATIVE
STAFF, FOR SELECTING THESE NINE
EIGHT AND TRIBAL LEADERS TO THE
COUNCIL WHICH THIS BODY
OBVIOUSLY CREATED BY ORDINANCE.
THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES.
WE HOPE IT WILL BE SUCCESSFUL
IN ITS MISSION AND THAT WILL
BECOME A MODEL FOR OTHER CITIES
TO FOLLOW.
JUST A SHORT NOTE THAT A LOT OF
TRIBAL LEADERS AND TRIBAL
COUNCILS ARE WATCHING OUR
COMMITTEE MEETING ON THURSDAY.
SO I WAS GETTING, REAL-TIME
TEXAS FROM TRIBAL LEADERS WHO
WERE INCREDIBLY IMPRESSED AND
PROUD THAT OUR CITY HAS DONE
THIS.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS REALLY
QUICKLY, OF THE NINE MEMBERS,
WE HAD DONNIE STEPHENSON WHO IS
THE VICE CHAIR AT MUCKLESHOOT.
WE HAVE LUTHER WHO SITS ON THE
SUQUAMISH TRIBAL COUNCIL.
JEREMY FROM YAKIMA WHICH WAS
PRETTY AMAZING.
AND SUZANNE FROM SNOQUALMIE.
A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE.
ALSO CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.
THAT HAS NEVER HAPPENED IN ANY
CITY'S HISTORY.
WITH THAT I AM PROUD WE GOT
THIS DONE.
IT TOOK A COUPLE OF YEARS BUT
WE GOT IT DONE.
THESE APPOINTMENTS WILL BE ON
OUR CONSENT CALENDAR TOMORROW
FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
THE CALENDAR WILL INCLUDE A NEW
APPOINTMENT FOR THE LABOR
STANDARDS ADVISORY COMMISSION
WHICH IS RECOMMENDED BY OUR
COMMITTEE.
REGARDING NATIVE COMMUNITIES, I
KNOW I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
THIS FOR WELL OVER A YEAR, BUT
I WANT TO GIVE AN UPDATE.
THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
IS COLLECTING WRITTEN AND ORAL
TESTIMONY ON EXPENSES OF NATIVE
PEOPLE AT BOARDING SCHOOLS IN
THE U.S. IT IS CALLED THEIR
ROAD TO HEALING TOUR.
HAS BEEN SCHEDULED TO VISIT THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST BUT
ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS WILL BE
ANNOUNCED FOR 2023.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE TRIBES AND
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY'S AND
ELDERS HAVE A CHANCE TO SHARE
THEIR STORIES SO OUR OFFICE IS
NOW WORKING WITH THE NATIONAL
NATIVE AMERICAN BOARDING SCHOOL
HEALING COALITION, THE CITY OF
OFFICE INTO GOVERNMENTAL
RELATIONS AND DEPARTMENT
NEIGHBORHOODS TO COLLABORATE
WITH LOCAL TRIBES AND INDIAN
ORGANIZATIONS TO BRING A
LISTENING SESSION TO THIS PART
OF THE COUNTRY.
SO ON THE ROAD TO HEALING TOUR,
WE AGAIN ARE GOING TO HELP
FACILITATE WORKING WITH TRIBES
IN INDIGENOUS LED
ORGANIZATIONS, SECURITY
FACILITY OR PLACE AND IT COULD
INCLUDE SEATTLE CITY HALL
ELDERS AND OTHER FOLKS CAN COME
FORWARD TO SPEAK TO THEIR
EXPERIENCE IN INDIAN SCHOOLS
AND ALSO HOW THE TRAUMA, LIKE
MY PARENTS WERE IN BOARDING
SCHOOLS.
MY GRANDPARENTS WERE IN
BOARDING SCHOOLS.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE
HOW THAT TYPE OF
INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA HAS
NOT ONLY AFFECTED THE
GENERATIONS BORN IN THE 1930S
AND 1940S BUT FROM THEN ON.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT AND I
WANT TO THANK FRANCESCA AGAIN
IN OIR AND PARTICULARLY TIM WHO
HAS BEEN WORKING WITH ME
CLOSELY ON THIS.
THAT WILL BE A FIRST-TIME
HAPPENING HERE.
BOARDING SCHOOL SURVIVORS AND
ANCESTORS WISHING TO PROVIDE
WRITTEN COMMENT ARE ENCOURAGED
TO WRITE INFO AT NABSHC.ORG.
IT IS PART OF THE HEALING
PROCESS AND I'M GLAD FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN OUR COUNTRY'S
HISTORY WE ARE ACTUALLY
ACKNOWLEDGING, AS MUCH AS I
HATE TO SAY THIS, I BELIEVE
YESTERDAY THE POPE ANNOUNCED
INDEED INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOLS
IN THE U.S. AND IN CANADA WERE
A FORM OF GENOCIDE.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN MOVE FORWARD
ON THAT AND HAVE SOME HEALING.
LOOKING FORWARD, LAST THURSDAY
I JOINED SOUND TRANSIT BOARD OF
DIRECTORS TO ADOPT A MOTION TO
TO TO -- 57.
CRITICAL MILESTONE FOR THE LINK
EXTENSION.
THIS MOTION SELECTED A
PREFERRED ROUTE AND STATION
LOCATION FOR PORTIONS OF THE WS
BLE PROJECT AND REQUESTED
ADDITIONAL STUDIES TO INFORM
FUTURE BOARD DECISIONS.
THE BOARD ALSO ADOPTED
RESOLUTION R 2022-20 WHICH WILL
PROVIDE FREE YOU FARES ON ALL
SOUND TRANSIT SERVICES STARTING
SEPTEMBER 1 OF THIS YEAR.
COUNCILMEMBER PEDERSEN PASSED A
RESOLUTION OUT OF HIS COMMITTEE
AND I WANT TO THANK MEMBERS OF
SOUND TRANSIT IN THAT WHEN WE
COMPARED THE RESOLUTION THAT
CAME OUT OF SEATTLE CITY
COUNCIL WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS,
AMENDMENT, WHICH WAS 2257, THEY
LINKED UP AT CERTAIN PLACES BUT
THERE WASN'T ANY CONFLICT, SO
THIS PROVIDED A GOOD PLACE FOR
US TO START DISCUSSIONS ABOUT
PARTICULARLY THE CHINA
INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT.
WE WILL KEEP SOME OF THOSE
DECISIONS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN
MOVED OVER 6-9 MONTHS FOR
STUDIES.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER
PEDERSEN FOR MOVING FORWARD AND
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR
PROVIDING BACKGROUND, FOR ME
AND GIVING ME AN UPDATE OF WHAT
WAS GOING ON DOWN IN BALLARD.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
MORE TO COME ON THAT OBVIOUSLY.
I ALSO HAD A CHANCE TO MEET
WITH DR. CRAWFORD, FRIDAY,
REGARDING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
, THEIR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD AND I
WAS HAPPY TO HEAR THAT AS SHE
LOOKS AT HER WINDOW EVERY DAY,
THE JOHN LEWIS BRIDGE IS USED
CONTINUOUSLY.
RUNNERS, MOMS WITH STROLLERS,
WALKERS.
DOG WALKERS.
SHE TOLD ME IF ANYONE HAS ANY
IDEA OF THINKING THE BRIDGE IS
NOT BEING USED, THEY WILL BE
INCREDIBLY SURPRISED AT HOW
MUCH THE BRIDGE HAS CONNECTED
DISTRICT 5 FROM THE NORTH
SEATTLE COLLEGE TO THE
COMMUNITY ICE PLEX AND
NORTHGATE MALL.
AS YOU KNOW THAT IS STILL UNDER
DEVELOPMENT.
IN ADDITION MY OFFICE HAS HAD
THREE RECENT MEETINGS WITH
STAFF TO DISCUSS PUBLIC SAFETY
AND CONCERNS ARE ON THE AURORA
AVENUE CORRIDOR IN D5.
THANK YOU HST AND PUBLIC
SERVICE DIRECTOR FOR PROVIDING
YOUR UPDATES AND ASSISTANCE.
I'VE ALSO HAD SOME GOOD
DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CHIEF ON
SOME OF THE HOTSPOTS IN THE
CITY INCLUDING D5 AND OF COURSE
DISCUSSIONS WITH THE FOLKS AND
FIREFIGHTERS, KENNY STEWART,
RECEIVED A LETTER FROM HIM
REGARDING SOME OF THE DANGEROUS
CONDITIONS WE ARE FINDING
FIREFIGHTERS IN AND WE GOT
ANOTHER LETTER TODAY IN OUR
INBOX.
I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH MR.
STEWART ABOUT THAT.
MORE TO COME ON THAT ONE.
LAST WEEK THERE WAS A SERIES OF
COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO COLLECT
PUBLIC COMMENT ON WHAT
QUALITIES AND TYPE OF
LEADERSHIP THEY WOULD LIKE IN
OUR NEXT CHIEF OF POLICE.
IF ANYONE MISSED THESE MEETINGS,
THERE'S ALSO AN ONLINE SURVEY
AVAILABLE TO ANYONE WHO WOULD
LIKE TO COMMENT.
THE PUBLIC SHOULD FEEL FREE TO
CONTACT ANY OF THE ELECTED
REPRESENTATIVES WITH THE
COMMENTS.
AS YOU NOTE MYSELF AND
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD ARE ON
THE SEARCH, THE NATIONAL SEARCH
FOR NEXT CHIEF OF POLICE.
WE HAVE A MEETING TODAY AT
3:00, WHICH I WILL BE LATE FOR.
COMING UP THIS WEEK, AS I SHARE
THE WILL BE ANOTHER CHIEF OF
POLICE SEARCH COMMITTEE MEETING
TODAY.
THIS WEEK I WILL PARTICIPATE IN
A SOUND TRANSIT RIDERSHIP
EXPERIENCE IN OPERATIONS
MEETING ON THURSDAY.
IS A REMINDER OUR LAST COUNCIL
MEETING BEFORE A TWO WEEK
RECESS BE AUGUST 16.
THERE WILL BE NO COUNCIL
BRIEFING OR COUNCIL MEETING
FROM AUGUST 22 OR AUGUST 29,
THE FIRST COUNCIL MEETING AFTER
RECESS WILL BE SEPTEMBER 6.
AFTER THE TORCHLIGHT PARADE
LAST SATURDAY, SEAFARER
ACTIVITIES CONTINUE THIS WEEK
INCLUDING THE AIRFIELD SHOWED
BETWEEN THE BLUE ANGELS ON
FRIDAY.
AND HYDRO RACES THIS WEEKEND.
I AM PLEASED TO REPORT ON
SATURDAY SEATTLE STORM CLINCHED
A SPOT IN THE PLAYOFFS WITH 82-
77 WIN OVER THE WASHINGTON
MYSTICS.
THE SEATTLE STORM WILL BE
PLAYING ITS FINAL REGULAR
SEASON HOME GAME AT NOON THIS
SUNDAY.
AUGUST 7. AGAINST THE LAS VEGAS
ACES.
THIS GAME WILL HONOR STORM
VETERAN AND HAS BEEN SOLD OUT
FOR WEEKS.
IT CAN BE WATCHED ON ESPN OR
STREAMING ON VIDEO.
AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES
MY REPORT.
OTHER AN COMMENTS BEFORE I
ADJOURN?
OKAY.
I DO NOT SEE ANY COMMENTS
REGARDING MY REPORT.
COLLEAGUES, THIS CONCLUDES THE
ITEMS OF BUSINESS ON TODAY'S
AGENDA.
OUR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED
BRIEFING MEETING IS SCHEDULED
FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 8 AT 2:00.
AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU.