>> GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY.
AND THANK YOU, FOR BEING HERE
WITH US ON JANUARY 22 FOR A
COUNSEL SPECIAL MEETING.
PREVIOUS TO TODAY'S CITY
COUNCIL ACTIONS WE HAVE AN
EXECUTIVE SESSION FOLLOWING
THIS MEETING.
AND I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER
BAGSHAW YOU HAVE A SCHEDULED
IMPORTANT MEETING AFTER THIS
THAT YOU CANNOT GET OUT OF.
SO LET'S LET YOU GO FIRST.
>> THANK YOU, WE DO NOT HAVE
ANYTHING TODAY ON THE AGENDA
THIS AFTERNOON BUT WE DO HAVE A
FINANCE AND NEIGHBORHOODS
COMMITTEE TOMORROW ON
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23 STARTING
AT 1:30 PM.
WE HAVE A REAPPOINTMENT OF
ANGELIQUE DAVIS TO THE CIVIL
SERVICE COMMISSION.
WE ALSO WILL HAVE A REPORT ON
THE CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT
PLAN.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT TIM
BURGESS WAS PUSHING BEFORE HE
LEFT.
FOR A PROGRAM THAT WOULD BE FOR
PEOPLE EMPLOYED IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
I SERVE ON THAT COMMITTEE AND
WE HAD A SPECIAL CONSULTANT
THAT CAME IN FROM BOSTON
COLLEGE.
THEY TAKE A LOOK AT THINGS AND
THEN THEY DECIDED THAT IT WOULD
NOT BE COST-EFFECTIVE OR OF
BENEFIT TO DO THIS ON OUR OWN
BUT THEY SUGGESTED THAT WE WORK
WITH THE STATE AND THE STATE OF
OREGON HAS A PROGRAM THAT WE
COULD TIE INTO.
WE ALSO WILL HAVE A DIRECTORS
REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND I THINK THAT THERE COULD BE
SOME ISSUES AROUND RVS.
IF YOU WANT ME TO BRING THAT UP
WE CAN ADD THAT UP.
THAT IS IT.
AND I WILL BE HERE UNTIL I HEAR
FROM THE CITY ATTORNEYS OFFICE.
>> THERE ARE NO ITEMS FROM OUR
DEPARTMENT TODAY.
THERE IS A COMMITTEE MEETING
BUT I WANT TO ADD TO THE
CALENDAR.
I KNOW THAT MY OFFICE HAS SENT
YOU ALL AN EMAIL ABOUT THIS.
LAST FRIDAY IN OUR COMMITTEE
MEETING WE WERE JOINED BY
COURAGEOUS SENIORS FROM A
MOBILE HOME PARK WHO ARE
FIGHTING TO SAVE THEIR HOMES
AND TO PREVENT EVICTION OF
THEMSELVES AND THEIR NEIGHBORS.
IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO
WATCH A VIDEO OF THEIR
TESTIMONY I WOULD REALLY
RECOMMEND YOU DO SO.
THE STORIES WE HEARD ARE TRULY
HEART WRENCHING. JUST TO GIVE
YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THEY ARE
FACING, RENC HAGAN TOLD US
ABOUT HAVING BEEN HOMELESS FOR
YEARS, LIVING IN A SHED WITH NO
HEAT OR WATER BEFORE FOUND
FINALLY FINDING A HOUSE.
SHE GROWS VEGETABLES FOR HER
NEIGHBORS.
SHE WILL LIKELY BE HOMELESS
AGAIN IF THE DEVELOPER EVICTS
THEM.
ALSO, A RETIRED UNION MEMBER AS
A PAINTER, MUSICIAN AND
GRANDMOTHER WHO HAS LIVED THERE
FOR 16 YEARS.
WESLEY SCHERER IS A FORMER
TEAMSTER DRIVER HAS RAISED A
GRANDDAUGHTER WITH SPECIAL
NEEDS.
THIS IS A PLACE WHERE HIS FAMILY
FEEL SAFETY AND TRUST AND HE
WANTS US TO SAVE THE COMMITTEE
BECAUSE THAT IS ALL THEY HAVE.
THE HOMES ARE IN DANGER BECAUSE
THE OWNER OF THE MOBILE HOME
PARK PASSED AWAY AND IT IS NOW
IN A TRUST OVERSEEN BY A BANK.
THE BANK INTENDS TO ELIMINATE
SENIOR HOMES AND BUILD
TOWNHOUSES THAT THEY WOULD NOT
BE ABLE TO AFFORD.
OTHER CITIES HAVE PROTECTED
MOBILE HOME PARKS FROM
DEVELOPMENT WITH ZONING
RESTRICTIONS.
I HAVE REVIEWED THE LEGISLATION
PROTECTING SIMILAR PROPERTIES
THROUGHOUT THE AREA.
I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT WE CAN DO
SOMETHING SIMILAR IN SEATTLE IF
WE HAVE THE TIME TO DO SO.
JUST LIKE IN THE SAVE THE
SHOEBOX MOVEMENT WE NEED TO
MOVE QUICKLY.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE
CITY ATTORNEYS OFFICE AND HAVE
PREPARED LEGISLATION TO PLACE A
MORATORIUM ON THIS.
AND I'M GOING TO JUST PASS THIS
AROUND.
THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE
MORATORIUM ON THE D DEVELOPMENT
OF ANY MOBILE HOME PARKS IN
SEATTLE.
WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT THIS WILL
NOT BE THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS
WILL BE DONE.
SEATTLE HAS HAD SIMILAR
MORATORIUM IN PLACE IN THE PAST
FOUR TIMES BETWEEN 1987 AND
1990.
AT THAT TIME, JUST LIKE WE ARE
DOING NOW, THOSE MORATORIUM WERE
ENACTED UNTIL THERE WAS A
DESIGNATION FOR THE PARKS.
BUT THE CITY COUNCIL AT THAT
TIME FAILED TO EFFECTIVELY USE
THOSE MORATORIUM TO PREVENT
THAT FROM HAPPENING. I
INTEND TO INTRODUCE THIS TO THE
COUNCIL TODAY AND WOULD LIKE TO
MAKE FINAL ACTION NEXT WEEK.
I URGE YOU TO TAKE A FEW
MINUTES TO REVIEW THIS.
SOMETIME TODAY IF YOU HAVE NOT
ALREADY, WHICH I UNDERSTAND.
AND PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU
WOULD LIKE TO BE SPONSORED
LISTED AS A COSPONSOR OF THE
BILL.
I REACHED OUT TO COUNCIL MEMBER
O'BRIEN AND COUNCIL MEMBER
JUAREZ WITH A REQUEST TO
SUPPORT THE BILL.
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA HAS
ALREADY OFFERED SUPPORT OF THE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS WELL.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL
MEMBER O'BRIEN WHO JUST JOINED
US FOR AGREEING TO SPONSOR THE
BILL.
THAT ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE A
CHANCE TO REVIEW IT AND IF YOU
WANT TO BE LISTED AS A
COSPONSOR.
I AM NOT SURE IF THAT NEEDS TO
BE AN OPEN MEETING OR NOT.
THAT IS ON THAT ISSUE.
IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS I AM
HAPPY TO ANSWER.
IF NOT I WILL GO ON TO THE NEXT
ONE.
>> ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS?
I HAVE A FEW PROCEDURAL
STATEMENTS I WILL MAKE TO
CLARIFY MATTERS.
FIRST OF ALL, GREAT EXPLANATION
AND GREAT WORK.
IT ONLY REQUIRES FIVE VOTES TO
GO ON THE IRC TODAY AND I DON'T
THINK THAT IS AN ISSUE.
IT WOULD BE SCHEDULED FOR THE
THE WEEK AFTER AS THIS IS TIME
SENSITIVE.
I LEARNED A NEW WORD, MORATORIA.
AND, WHO ELSE DO THAT?
>> WE KNEW THAT.
>> OKAY.
I GUESS EVERYBODY KNEW THAT
EXCEPT FOR ME.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME LEGAL
ISSUES THAT THIS COULD RAISE AS
THESE KINDS OF THINGS OCCUR SO
IT IS LIKELY I WILL SCHEDULE AN
EXECUTIVE SESSION NEXT MONDAY.
AND BECAUSE WE ARE ACTUALLY
EXEMPTING OUR SELVES FROM THE
REQUIREMENTS AND DECLARING
SOMEWHAT OF A PUBLIC EMERGENCY
IF YOU WILL, IT WILL REQUIRE
THREE FORCE OF A VOTE.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THE MAYOR IS
CONCURRENT CONCURRENCE IS
REQUIRED.
THIS IS TIME SENSITIVE SO WE
WILL ACT URGENTLY TO CONSIDER
THIS.
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ .
>> I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
>> YES.
>> OUR STAFF HAS BEEN AT THE
TWO MEETINGS WITH AMENITY
GROUPS.
I HAVE BEEN ON THE PHONE WITH
COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT TODAY AS
WELL.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ONE
PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY
AND THAT IS A MANUFACTURED HOME
MOBILE PARK.
THERE ARE 85 PEOPLE THAT LIVE
THERE.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE DEVELOPER DID
FILE PRE-APPLICATION PLANS FOR
A PERMIT IN OCTOBER 2018.
THE INTENT AND IT IS A
PREOCCUPATION PLAN FOR A PERMIT
WAS FOR 196 TOWNHOMES.
MY CONCERN AT THIS POINT IS
THAT, I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT FOR THE WORK THAT
THEY HAVE DONE.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOKED
TO LOOK AT THE MEASURE.
THIS HAS DEVELOPED INTO AN
EMERGENCY MORATORIUM FOR ONE
YEAR.
THAT WOULD DECLARE AND REQUIRE
US TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
THE FACTS ARE THAT THERE IS NO
SALE YET.
NOTHING IS PENDING.
I HAVE BEEN ON THE PHONE AND
WAITING FOR CALLS BACK AS TO
WHAT IS GOING ON IS OTHER THAN
JUST RUMOR.
HOUR TO CLEAR THOSE UP.
WE HAVE A PROPOSED ONE-YEAR
MORATORIUM.
AND AS COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT
POINTED OUT , IN OTHER CASES
WHERE CITIES DRAFTED ORDINANCES
TO PROTECT MOBILE HOME
COMMUNITIES.
MOBILE IS REALLY JUST A
MISNOMER.
THEY ARE ACTUALLY MANUFACTURED
HOMES.
THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE LIVE AND
WHERE THEY HAVE RETIRED.
IT IS THEIR EQUITY.
IT IS TRUE THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY
, I AM GUESSING COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT THIS WOULD PROTECT THE
CURRENT USE OF A MOBILE PARK.
AND THAT IS A ZONING ISSUE.
MEANING THAT THE CITY WOULD
ZONE AND THAT THESE TWO PARCELS
CAN ONLY BE USED FOR
MANUFACTURED HOME LIVING.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.
THAT WOULD MEAN THAT MOBILE
HOME PARK OWNERS COULD NOT
CHANGE THE EXISTENCE OF SUCH
PROPERTY.
LEGAL WILL PROBABLY ADVISE US
ON THAT.
SO IT WOULD GO FROM A
MANUFACTURED HOME TO A
TOWNHOUSE.
SO, WE WOULD BE REQUIRED, AND
IF YOU LOOKED AT THE ORDINANCE
THAT WAS DRAFTED, THEY PUT
TOGETHER A WORKPLAN.
THAT WORKPLAN WOULD REQUIRE A
ONE-YEAR MORATORIUM DECLARED
EMERGENCY AND PROVIDE TO COUNSEL
BY SEPTEMBER, LEGISLATION.
AND I AM GUESSING THAT THE
LEGISLATION WOULD BE THAT THE
CITY OF SEATTLE CREATE A
MANUFACTURED HOME PARK DISTRICT
OR A LAND-USE DESIGNATION TO
PROTECT THESE 85 PEOPLE AND 76
MOBILE HOMES.
I NEED TO QUIT CALLING THEM
MOBILE HOMES.
THEY ARE MANUFACTURED HOMES.
THAT HAS BEEN UPHELD ALL THE
WAY TO THE NINTH CIRCUIT THAT
CITIES ARE ALLOWED TO DO THAT.
IT IS NOT SPOT ZONING AND AS
LONG AS IT IS NOT A TAKEN WE
CAN HAVE THAT KIND OF ZONING.
MY CONCERN, AND WHILE I
APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS BY
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT AND THE
RESEARCH I DID THIS WEEKEND, I
WOULD LIKE TO GET THIS IN TO
COMMITTEE WITH COUNCILMEMBER
JOHNSON AND HAVE PUBLIC
HEARINGS.
NO OFFENSE TO ANYONE ABOUT THE
SHOW BOX I DON'T WANT TO SEE A
REPEAT OF THAT WHERE WE
IMMEDIATELY ASSUME ISSUES THAT
ARE IN FACT DECLARED EMERGENCY.
I AM NOT TRYING TO KICK IT DOWN
THE ROAD OR NOT PAY ATTENTION
OR NOT UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF
PEOPLE BEING DISPLACED BUT THAT
WE ACTUALLY DO IT RIGHT IF WE
ARE GOING TO DECLARE A ONE-YEAR
MORATORIUM.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO, IF I
COULD WORK WITH COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT OFF-LINE ABOUT GETTING
IT INTO COMMITTEE AND HAVING
SOME OF THESE LEGAL ISSUES THAT
CAN BE RAISED AND WILL BE
CHALLENGED BY THE PEOPLE THAT
OWN THIS PROPERTY.
I KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN TALK
ABOUT, I HAVE HAD PEOPLE CALL
ME TO SAY THAT THEY WANT TO
LOOK AT THE WILL.
WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH IS A
ZONING ISSUE.
I WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH IT IN
THE CORRECT COMMITTEE SENDS
THIS MORATORIUM WOULD BE AN
EMERGENCY AND WOULD REQUIRE A
THREE QUARTERS VOTE.
WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE DIRECTION
OVER OP CD AND SCC I TO HAVE
SOMETHING TRANSMITTED TO US
FROM THE EXECUTIVES BY
SEPTEMBER.
AND I DON'T THINK WE CAN DO ALL
OF THAT IN ONE WEEK.
THOUGH I DO APPRECIATE AND WILL
CONTINUE TO WORK WITH COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THE CITY DOES
NOT PROTECT THE LAND-USE ZONING
PROTECTION FOR MANUFACTURED
HOMES.
I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
>> I THINK THAT COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT WANTED TO RESPOND.
>> GO AHEAD.
THERE ARE THINGS THAT I COULD
SAY TO CLARIFY THAT YOU SHOULD
GO FIRST.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE
WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS IN
THE PAST FEW DAYS AS THE
IMMINENT REALITY IS FACING US.
WE APPRECIATE THAT THIS IS A
COMPLEX ISSUE.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT I WANT
TO THANK YOUR WORK OVER THE
PAST FEW DAYS TO COME UP WITH A
SOLUTION AND AS YOU MENTIONED I
SUPPORT COSPONSORING IT.
THE CHALLENGE WE ARE FACING HERE
IS A COMPLEX ONE.
AND AS COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ
SAYS, IT WILL TAKE A WHILE FOR
US TO FIGURE OUT.
IT IS A RARE INSTANCE WHERE I
BELIEVE USING OUR EMERGENCY
POWERS TO PUT A MORATORIUM ON
THIS MAKES SENSE.
IF WE DON'T DO THAT, I FEAR
THAT THE TIME IT WILL TAKE FOR
US TO THINK THROUGH THE LAND-
USE POLICIES WILL RESULT IN
IRREPARABLE HARM TO A
PARTICULAR COMMUNITY.
I LOOK AT PARALLELS OF WHERE WE
ARE VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT USING
THESE POWERS AND CREATING
MORATORIUM BUT I LOOK AT THE
MOST RECENT INCIDENT WITH THE
SHOEBOX MORATORIA.
>> THE SHOW BOX IS ONE AND THE
WORK AROUND THE VILLAGE.
THE REALITY THAT THAT IS A
NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS CHANGING
AND THERE WERE CERTAIN ACTIONS
THAT WERE GOING TO HAPPEN THAT
WE COULD NOT REVERSE AND THEY
MAY LOCK IN THE FUTURE FOR A
NUMBER OF DECADES IF WE DID NOT
TAKE ACTION TO GIVE US TIME AND
SPACE TO RESOLVE IT.
I WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS
COMPLICATED AND I HOPE THAT WE
HAVE SUPPORT TO PUT AN
EMERGENCY MORATORIUM IN PLACE
AND THAT WE HAVE TIME TO
PREVENT THE EVICTION OF THE
FOLKS THAT LIVE THERE.
IT WILL BE A LOT OF WORK IN THE
NEXT YEAR TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE
CAN DO.
I THINK WE ARE PUTTING THAT ON
OUR PLATE.
AND HOUSING IS A HUGE THING WE
ARE FACING.
THE SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES OF
DOZENS OF FOLKS THAT ARE LIVING
IN THE MANUFACTURED HOME PARKS
ARE CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO THE
WORK WE DO GOING FORWARD.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT ,
ANYTHING ELSE.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD .
>> IT APPEARED LAST WEEK THAT
THE STRATEGY WAS TO BE USING
THE MANDATORY HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY REZONING AS A
TOOL TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AND
NOT APPROVING THE REASON
ASSOCIATED WITH MHA FOR THIS
AREA.
WHY IS THAT NOT ADEQUATE?
>> YES.
I CAN DO THAT.
AND THAT I WILL NEED TO CLOSE
UNLESS THERE ARE OTHER
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS THAT COME
UP.
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
BUT I THINK I AGREE WITH WHAT
YOU SAID COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN
IN THAT THIS IS TIME SENSITIVE.
FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT WE JUST
HAVE TO ACT QUICKLY BUT
RATIONALLY.
I APPLAUD COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT
TRYING TO THINK THROUGH OUR
EXISTING STRUCTURE AND USE
THAT AS A SMART ZONING TOOL.
I'M JUST NOT SURE THAT TIME
LENDS ITSELF TO THAT PROCESS.
ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I WANT
TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION
AND ASK QUESTIONS LIKE THIS TO
GET LEGAL CLARITY ON TIME
SENSITIVITY, BECAUSE I DON'T
KNOW WHERE THAT IS, AGAIN,
HEARING THE CONCERNS OF THE
RESIDENTS, I THINK THAT SHOULD
DRIVE A LOT OF WHAT WE ARE
DOING.
ND AGAIN, FOR THE PURPOSES OF
TODAY, WE ARE JUST PUTTING ON
THE IRC SO THAT WE HAVE, YOU
ONLY NEED FIVE VOTES FOR THAT.
I DO UNDERSTAND THE TIME
SENSITIVITY OF THIS.
THE LAST PART I WANT TO SAY IS,
IF IT IS TO BE STUDIED FOR A
YEAR AND WE LOOK AT THESE
MOBILE HOME PARKS AS A MEANS OF
AFFORDABILITY, AGAIN, I
CONTINUE TO THINK THAT WE NEED
TO LOOK AT THAT ISSUE IN THE
CONTEXT OF EVERY KIND OF LIVING
SITUATION WHETHER THERE ARE
SMALL TINY HOMES OR WHATEVER AS
WE GET CREATIVE.
SO LET'S NOT FALL BACK INTO THE
TRAP OF LOOKING AT THESE ISSUES
IN A VACUUM.
WHETHER IT IS THE MHA SCHEME OR
THE HOUSING STRATEGIES. I NEVER
HEARD THE CONCEPT OF WHAT ARE
WE GOING TO DO WITH MOBILE HOME
PARKS IN THE NEXT SEVERAL
YEARS.
WE ARE DOWN TO TWO.
AT SOME POINT I THINK WE WANT
TO TALK ABOUT THIS IN A LARGER
CONTEXT IN TERMS OF LIVING
ARRANGEMENT AND THAT THIS WOULD
BE THERE MEANS TO LIVE.
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ.
>> I AM NOT CATEGORICALLY
OPPOSED TO A ONE-YEAR
MORATORIUM . WHAT I AM SAYING
FROM LOOKING AT THE CASE LAW, I
COMPLETELY AGREE WITH WHAT THE
COURTS HAVE ALWAYS HELD AND
THAT IS THAT THE CITY IS WITHIN
RIGHTS AND IT IS NOT A TAKING
TO ZONE MOBILE HOME PARKS.
IT HAS NOT ESCAPED ME THAT
THERE ARE NOT THAT MANY MOBILE
HOME PARKS LEFT.
THEY SHOULD BE PROTECTED,
PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF WHAT
YOU JUST SAID.
WHAT ARE THE SOCIAL AND HOUSING
NEEDS AND WHEN THE COURTS
LOOKED AT THAT, THEY ACTUALLY
SAID, BECAUSE OF HOUSING NEEDS
AND PEOPLE BEING PRICED OUT OF
CITIES, IT IS WITHIN THE
PURVIEW OF THE CITY THAT YOU
CAN CREATE BASICALLY SAFE
SPACES FOR PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN
MANUFACTURED HOMES.
THAT IS NOT THE QUESTION FOR ME
ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
THE QUESTION FOR ME IS THE
MORATORIUM IMMEDIATELY.
I WANT THIS TO PASS BUT I DON'T
KNOW IF IT CAN WITH THREE
QUARTERS OF THE VOTES.
MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES WILL NEED
MORE INFORMATION.
AND THE CORRECT COMMITTEE, A
LOT OF THEM ARE ELDERS AND WERE
CONFUSED ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT
THEY SHOULD BE HERE TODAY,
SHOULD THEY RENT ANOTHER BUS
AND I JUST DON'T, I AM
UNCOMFORTABLE WHEN
MISINFORMATION GETS OUT THERE.
ORIGINALLY PEOPLE WERE
CONCERNED THINKING THAT
STOPPING AND OF ZONE WAS GOING
TO STOP DEVELOPMENT.
I TOLD THEM THAT AN OF ZONE IS
NOT GOING TO STOP DEVELOPMENT.
AND SECONDLY PROPERTY HAS NOT
BEEN SOLD.
I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH THE
FACTS AND THEN MOVE FROM THERE.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, I MAY
VERY WELL AGREE WITH COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT THAT WE NEED A
ONE-YEAR MORATORIUM AND THE
WORK PLAN SHOULD MOVE FORWARD.
BUT I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO
HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES,
PARTICULARLY COUNCILMEMBER
JOHNSON AT SOME POINT IS THIS
IS WHAT HE DOES IN HIS
COMMITTEE AND THAT WE DO IT
RIGHT AND THAT WE HAVE ALL
COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTING IN FAVOR
OF THIS MORATORIUM AND THAT WE
ALL BELIEVE IT IS AN EMERGENCY
AND THAT THE EXECUTIVE HEARS WE
ARE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.
>> TUUKKA THE WORDS OF MY
COLLEAGUES, I THINK THE BEST
WAY TO DO THIS IS TO ACT WITH
LEGAL PRUDENCE.
SOME THE TIMES WE HAVE MADE
DECISIONS THAT HAVE RESULTED IN
US NEEDING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
WERE ON THE CORRECT PATH.
I WILL SAY THAT NEXT WEEK IS
ONE OF THOSE FIFTH WEEKS WHERE
WE DON'T HAVE A COMMITTEE MEMBER
SCHEDULED.
WE HAD BEEN SEVEN NEXT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR A SPECIAL
MEETING THAT AT THIS POINT WE
DON'T NEED.
SO THAT GIVES US THE
OPPORTUNITY, IF THE COUNCIL
PRESIDENT CHOSE TO DO SO, TO
REFER THE BILL TO A SPECIAL
MEETING NEXT WEEK.
IF NEXT WEEK IS NOT A
POSSIBILITY, WE CAN MAKE THE
SPACE IN MY COMMITTEE MEMBER
MEETING ON THE SIXTH OF
FEBRUARY.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS IN
THE VIEW OF THE PUBLIC SO I
WILL LEAVE IT UP TO MY
COLLEAGUES AND WITH THE WILL OF
THE MAJORITY IS.
I HAVE NO OBJECTION EITHER WAY
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO
UNDERSTANDING A BIT MORE ABOUT
THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE
MORATORIUM ON THE POTENTIAL
IMPLEMENTATION OF MHA IN THIS
NECK OF THE WOODS.
I DO WANT TO ASK MORE QUESTIONS
BUT I WANT TO OFFER THAT I AM
HAPPY TO TAKE UP THE
RESPONSIBILITY.
>> THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN.
>> I WILL PUT OUT THERE AS WELL
THAT I THINK GETTING A LEGAL
BRIEFING WILL BE IMPORTANT.
I DON'T BELIEVE THERE WOULD BE
ANYTHING FROM REPEALING A
MORATORIUM IF WE PUT IT IN
PLACE.
I AM JUST CAUTIOUS ABOUT THE
TIMING.
IF WE WANT TO MOVE SWIFTLY, WE
COULD PUT THAT MORATORIUM IN
PLACE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
DON'T LOSE AN OPPORTUNITY THERE
AND THEN HAVE A DISCUSSION AND
SEE IF WE NEED TO REVISE THAT.
>> WHY DON'T WE TRY TO WRAP IT
UP.
I COULD HAVE GONE A WEEK
WITHOUT HEARING THE WORD
REPEAL.
BEING THAT AS A MET IT MAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
>> A LOT OF POINTS HAVE COME
UP.
OBVIOUSLY, I DON'T KNOW THAT I
CAN TOUCH ON EVERY SINGLE ONE
BECAUSE IT DEPENDS ON THE NOTES
I WAS ABLE TO MAKE.
BUT, ON WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD SAID I WANT TO CLARIFY
THAT THE POINT I WAS MAKING,
BECAUSE IT WAS MHA I BROUGHT UP
THE ASPECT OF THAT.
THIS IS PART OF THE OF ZONING.
IF WE DON'T MAKE AN EXCEPTION
FOR IT.
AND, I WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT
IF, WHATEVER WE DO ON THAT
ZONING QUESTION IS COMPLETELY
NONEXCLUSIVE TO ALL OF THIS,
THE MORATORIUM AND THE SPECIAL
ZONING DESIGNATION, IN THE
SENSE THAT EVEN IF WE DID THE
OF ZONE IT WOULD NOT PRECLUDE
US FROM -- BUT MY QUESTION IS
>> IS THE DEVELOPMENT DEPENDENT
UPON THE MHA?
>> YES.
IT WILL BE.
I BELIEVE IT WILL BE UP ZONED
BY AN M SCALE AND THAT WILL
ENABLE THE DEVELOPER TO BUILD.
>> SO THEY CANNOT DEVELOP THE
TOWNHOUSE IDEA.
IT
>> I DO NOT KNOW THAT THEY
COULDN'T DEVELOP AT ALL.
IT'S A MATTER OF HOW MANY THEY
COULD DEVELOP.
THAT IS SOMETHING TO VERIFY.
BUT ONE THING I CAN SAY WITH
CONFIDENCE IS THAT THE MHA
ZONING ARE NOT HOLDING IT FROM
THE OF ZONING, THAT WAS NEVER
GOING TO BE THE ACTUAL
SOLUTION.
THAT IS A COMMON SENSE THING.
IF WE WERE GOING TO HOLD IT FOR
A DIFFERENT DESIGNATION, LET'S
NOT ABSORB IT.
I DON'T THINK LEGALLY WE ARE
RESTRICTED FROM CARRYING OUT
THIS PROCESS EVEN IF THE OF
ZONE HAPPENS.
THE SOLUTION IS ALWAYS GOING TO
BE AN ACTING A MORATORIUM FOR
NOW TO PREVENT THE DEVELOPER
FROM VESTING AND THEN HAVING A
MANUFACTURED HOME DESIGNATION.
JUST TO EXPLAIN MYSELF, I DID
NOT TALK ABOUT ALL OF THAT AT
THE MEETING BECAUSE I DIDN'T
WANT TO TAKE UP TIME THAT WAS
NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE MHA
DISCUSSION.
IT
>> I DO WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT
THE CURRENT ZONING IS.
>> THE CURRENT ZONING IS C 40.
BUT ONE THING WE SHOULD BE VERY
CAREFUL ABOUT UNDERSTANDING IS
THAT REGARDLESS OF THE ANSWER
TO THAT QUESTION, ONE BOTTOM
LINE THAT REMAINS UNCHANGED IS
THAT IF THESE HOMES ARE LOST,
THE SENIORS ARE FACING A
PROSPECT OF HOMELESSNESS.
AND THE BEST CASE THAT THEY ARE
FACING IS HAVING THEIR
COMMUNITY COMPLETELY SCATTERED
AND MAYBE SOME AFFORDABLE
HOUSING SOMEWHERE AT SOME
POINT.
BUT IF YOU LISTEN TO THEIR
STORIES, THIS IS GOING TO HAVE
A DEVASTATING IMPACT,
REGARDLESS OF THE ANSWER TO THE
ZONING QUESTION.
I DON'T THINK THAT, UNLESS THE
CITY OF SEATTLE IS READY TO
PROVIDE THEM ALTERNATE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING TODAY, UNLESS
THAT IS TRUE, WE CANNOT ALLOW
THEIR HOMES TO BE DISMANTLED.
I HOPE THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS
TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT AND NOT
GET BOGGED DOWN INTO ANSWERS TO
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
THAT WILL NOT CHANGE THE
QUESTION OF WHERE THE SENIORS
WILL LIVE IF HOMES ARE LOST.
TIME MAGAZINE REPORTED IN
NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR THAT, AND
THIS IS NOT SO MUCH APPLICABLE
TO SEATTLE, BECAUSE WE DON'T
HAVE TOO MANY MANUFACTURED HOME
PARKS HERE, BUT JUST TO TALK
ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THIS, TIME
MAGAZINE WAS REPORTING THAT
MANUFACTURED HOMES ARE THE ONE
LAST REMAINING WAY FOR WORKING-
CLASS FAMILIES TO OWN A HOME.
22 MILLION AMERICANS WHO MAKE
UNDER $30,000 HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
ACCESS HOME OWNERSHIP BECAUSE
OF THE OPTION OF MANUFACTURED
HOMES.
TO BE CLEAR, WE ARE NOT
ADVOCATING FUTURE MANUFACTURED
HOMES.
BUT WE ARE ADVOCATING IS NOT
ALLOWING SENIORS TO FACE
DEVASTATION IN THEIR LIVES
BECAUSE THEY OWNED THOSE HOMES
RIGHT NOW.
SO THOSE TWO QUESTIONS ARE SET
IT IN MY OPINION.
IT IS NOT A MATTER OF FUTURE
MANUFACTURED HOMES.
IT IS WHAT HAPPENS NOW. GIVEN
THEY HAVE SUNK IN WHAT EVER
EQUITY THEY COULD AND ARE WE
GOING TO ALLOW THAT TO BE TAKEN
AND THEN HAVE THEM SCATTERED.
THERE WAS ONE PERSON ON THE
SEATTLE DISPLACEMENT COMMISSION
WHO WAS AT THE COMMITTEE TABLE
ON FRIDAY AND UNFORTUNATELY
THERE WERE NO OTHER COUNCIL
MEMBERS SO PLEASE WATCH THE
SEATTLE CHANNEL VIDEO, SHE WAS
INFORMING US THAT SHE HAD BEEN
INVOLVED IN THE ACTIVISM AROUND
WHAT HAPPENED TO ANOTHER MOBILE
HOME PARK.
AND THEN, NOT THAT ONE.
NOT THE ONE AT SEATAC.
I AM TALKING ABOUT IN THE
1990S.
THE REASON I AM MENTIONING THAT
IS BECAUSE WHEN THAT PARK WAS
LOST, ONE OF THE PEOPLE FROM
THERE IS STILL HOMELESS.
THIS IS NOT A HYPERBOLE THAT WE
ARE ENGAGING IN.
THIS IS THE REALITY THAT THEY
WOULD BE FACING.
IT WOULD BE VERY DERELICT OF US
AS THE HIGHEST LEGISLATIVE BODY
OF THE CITY IF WE DID NOT ACT
ON IT.
MANY OTHER QUESTIONS HAVE COME.
AS FOR SPECIFIC RUSSIANS I AM
NOT CLEAR WHAT THE CONCERNS ARE
OF COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ.
HER COMMITTEE MEMBERS WERE
THERE AND THERE WAS NOTHING
PREVENTING THEM FROM BEING A
PART OF THIS DISCUSSION AND I AM
HAPPY FOR THAT EXECUTIVE
SESSION TO BE SET UP NEXT
MONDAY.
BUT JUST TO CLARIFY, THIS
MORATORIUM BILL HAS GONE
THROUGH THE VIEW OF THE CITY
ATTORNEYS OFFICE.
AND, AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE
FREE TO DISCUSS WITH THE CITY
ATTORNEYS OFFICE ON THIS
QUESTION.
AND THE LAND-USE QUESTIONS MAY
BE COMPLEX BUT I HAVE A FEW
THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
ONE IS THAT THE MORATORIUM HAS
NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FUTURE.
WE COULD CHOOSE TO OR NOT
CHOOSE TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE
AUDITORIUM.
I THINK THE WHOLE POINT OF THE
MORATORIUM IS TO HAVE A ZONING
DESIGNATION TO PRESERVE THESE
HOMES.
BUT AS FAR AS THE LEGALITY OF
THE MORATORIUM, IT HAS NOTHING
TO DO WITH ZONING.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHITE
COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON TALKED
ABOUT.
I DON'T AGREE WITH PUTTING
THOSE TOGETHER.
THE WHOLE POINT OF A MORATORIUM
IS SO THAT WE HAVE TIME TO
ANSWER WHAT IS COMPLEX
QUESTIONS.
WHAT IS NOT COMPLEX THOUGH IS
WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD MAKE
SURE THAT THE SENIORS 19 THEIR
HOUSING.
I DO NOT SUPPORT A DELAY FROM
THAT STANDPOINT BECAUSE IT IS
RISKY.
IT IS A QUESTION OF POLITICAL
AND MORAL RESPONSIBILITY.
IF WE DON'T ACT AS FAST AS
POSSIBLE ON THIS, THERE IS A
VERY RISK THAT THE DEVELOPER
WILL VEST.
THEN WE WILL BE LEGALLY ON MUCH
SHAKIER TERRITORY.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE
OF DELAYING THIS IN ANY WAY.
IF COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT AN
EMERGENCY MEETING THIS WEEK IN
COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON'S
COMMITTEE, I SUPPORT THAT.
BUT I DON'T SUPPORT DELAYING
THAT.
WHILE I SUPPORT THE QUESTION
AND THE POTENTIAL OF HAVING
THAT EMERGENCY MEETING THIS
WEEK, THAT IS NOT GOING TO
CLARIFY ISSUES FOR THE
MORATORIUM BILL ITSELF.
IT IS A SEPARATE BILL WITH A
SEPARATE EXISTENCE.
I ALSO WANT TO INFORM COUNCIL
MEMBERS THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE
LOOKING AT NEW GROUND ON THE
MORATORIA, WE ARE ALSO NOT
TREADING NEW GROUND ON THE
ZONING DESIGNATION FOR
MANUFACTURED HOME PARKS.
I AM RIGHT NOW GOING THROUGH A
DETAILED REPORT THAT WAS
PUBLISHED BY THE BUREAU OF
PLANNING AND SUSTAINABILITY IN
PORTLAND.
IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR THEY HAD
A DISCUSSION ON PROTECTING
MOBILE HOME PARKS FOR THE SAME
REASON.
FOR PROTECTING HOMEOWNERSHIP OF
WORKING-CLASS RETIREES.
PORTLAND HAS MANY MORE MOBILE
HOME PARKS THAN HERE.
LAST YEAR THEY VOTED
UNANIMOUSLY TO TAKE UP THE
MANUFACTURED HOMES DESIGNATION
FOR ZONING.
THIS REPORT ACTUALLY HAS THE
PLANNING COMMISSION REPORT
PRECEDING THE VOTE.
AND REPORTS THAT ADVISED THE
VOTE ON THAT DESIGNATION.
SO I FEEL FAIRLY CONFIDENT
ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IT IS NOT
SOMETHING BRAND-NEW.
AND HAS BEEN DONE IN SEATTLE
AND OTHER CITIES.
I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD GO
FORWARD WITH THIS AND AS FAR AS
THE QUESTION FROM COUNCIL
MEMBER JUAREZ AND DOING IT
RIGHT, WE WOULD NOT BE DOING IT
RIGHT IF WE MISS THE
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE DEVELOPER DOES NOT VEST.
THAT WOULD INDEED NOT BEING
DOING THE RIGHT THING.
I WILL STOP THERE.
>> OKAY.
AS WE PROCEED, I WOULD JUST
REMIND YOU THAT WE ONLY HAVE
ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA THIS
AFTERNOON.
>> I DO HAVE ONE MORE ITEM ON
MY THING AND I WILL QUICKLY GO
THROUGH THAT.
THE NEXT MEETING OF THE HOUSING
DEPARTMENT AND RENTERS
COMMITTEE IS SCHEDULED FOR THIS
THURSDAY THE 24th AT THE MILLER
COMMUNITY CENTER.
THIS MEETING WILL REPLACE THE
COMMITTEE MEETING PROPOSED FOR
THE 25th.
SO IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY,
PLEASE REMOVE THAT TIME INFORM
YOUR CALENDAR.
IT IS THURSDAY THE 24th AT 6 PM
AT MILLER COMMUNITY CENTER.
THE REASON WE HAVE MADE SPECIAL
EFFORTS TO DOING AT A COMMUNITY
LOCATION AFTER WORK HOURS IS
BECAUSE WE HEARD SUBSTANTIAL
CONCERNS FROM THE EMPLOYEES OF
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT
AND FROM HUMAN SERVICE PROVIDERS
THAT THEY WERE NOT CONSULTED
WITH THE NOMINATION BY THE
MAYOR AND THE MAYORS OFFICE
SAID THEY DID NOT CONDUCT A
SEARCH PROCESS FOR THIS
POSITION.
THIS IS A HIGH IMPACT
DEPARTMENT.
SO THIS COMMITTEE MEETING, THE
FOCUS ON THE PROCESS OF THE
MAYORAL NOMINATION FOR THE
DIRECTOR OF HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT, WE WILL HEAR FROM
COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT WHAT
THEY WOULD LIKE FROM SUCH A
PROCESS.
AND FROM THE DIRECTOR WHO IS
APPOINTED.
WE HAVE ASKED THE DEPUTY MAYOR
MOSTLY TO JOIN US AND BE
PRESENT AT THE MEETING SO HE
CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
DECISION FROM THE MAYOR.
WE ARE NOT ASKING JASON JOHNSON
TO TESTIFY AT THIS INITIAL
MEETING BECAUSE IT IS NOT
FOCUSED ON HIM.
IT IS FOCUSED ON THE NOMINATION
PROCESS.
AND THE THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING IS LISTENING TO THE
IMPACTED COMMUNITIES MEMBERS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT MEETING
AND SEEING YOU THERE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION BUT I CAN
WAIT
>> I UNDERSTAND THAT QUESTIONS
ARE BEING RAISED THAT THE PETER
MAYER MOSTLY SAID THERE WAS NOT
A PROCESS AND I ASSUME THAT WAS
BECAUSE IT WAS AN INTERN
PROCESS AND HE HAD BEEN
UNEMPLOYED FOR A WHILE SO THEY
SLID HIM INTO THAT POSITION.
TELL ME, WHY IS THERE VALUE TO
HAVE A PUBLIC EXAMINATION OF
THE PROCESS WHEN THEY HAVE
CONCEDED THAT THERE WAS NO
PROCESS.
>> IT IS A PUBLIC EXAMINATION
AND IT IS IMPORTANT FOR
COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES
FOR THEM TO COME AND TALK ABOUT
WHAT THEIR THOUGHT IS.
MY STRONG SENSE IS THAT THEY
ARE NOT ACCEPTING WHAT THIS
PROCESS IS.
SO I HOPE THAT DEPUTY MAYOR
MOSLEY WILL BE THERE NOT ONLY
TO DISCUSS FROM HIS AND WHAT
HAPPENED AT THE MAYORS OFFICE
BUT ALSO TO LISTEN TO COMMUNITY
MEMBERS.
>> AND WILL INTERIM DIRECTOR
JOHNSON BE THERE AS WELL?
>> THEY ARE TOTALLY WELCOME TO
BE THERE BUT THEY ARE NOT BEING
REQUIRED TO BE AT THE COMMITTEE
TABLE BECAUSE IT IS NOT A
QUESTIONING OF HIM.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE BEEN
VERY CLEAR WITH US THAT THEY
WANT A DISCUSSION OF THE
PROCESS AND NOT ABOUT HIM AS AN
INDIVIDUAL.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> I APPRECIATE THIS
NOMINATION AND WANTS TO EAT
REALLY QUICKLY A LETTER THAT
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA AND I
SENT TO THE MAYOR THIS MORNING.
IT IS A FOLLOW-UP TO THE
CONCERNS, SPECIFICALLY THOSE
THAT CAME FROM THE SEATTLE
HUMAN SERVICES COALITION ON
JANUARY 15 2018 WHERE THERE
WERE CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY THE
SEATTLE COALITION.
EVEN IF THE MAYOR KNEW THAT IT
WAS GOING TO BE INTERIM HSD
DIRECTOR JOHNSON THAT WAS GOING
TO BE NOMINATED, THEY STILL
HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT WHETHER OR
NOT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
APPROPRIATE AND I THINK IN
THEIR MIND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
APPROPRIATE TO DO SOME OUTREACH
TO HSD EMPLOYEES, ESPECIALLY
THE BARGAINING UNITS THAT ARE
INCLUDED WITHIN HSD AND SOME OF
THE SERVICE PROVIDERS WHO OFTEN
INTERACT WITH HSD.
SO, COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA AND
I WANTED TO PROVIDE THE MAYOR
AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE US AS A
CANCEL SOME ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION SO THAT WE HAVE THE
BENEFIT OF HER THINKING BEHIND
HER PROCESS AND WHAT IT WAS AND
WHAT IT WAS NOT.
HONESTLY, I JUST DON'T KNOW THE
ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS AND
FEEL LIKE I NEED TO HAVE THAT
INFORMATION.
I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA
AND I BOTH FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO
HAVE THAT INFORMATION,
PARTICULARLY AROUND THE
DETAILS OF THIS SO WE FEEL LIKE
WE ARE MAKING A POSITIVE VOTE.
WE DID SEND A LETTER TO THE
MAYOR THIS MORNING. AGAIN, MY
READING OF THE LETTER, AS
INDICATED BY COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT IS NOT CRITIQUING THE
EXPERIENCE OR NOMINATION OF MR.
JOHNSON BUT IT IS FOCUSING ON
WANTING TO GET A BETTER
UNDERSTANDING, FOR THE SAKE OF
TRANSPARENCY, WHAT TYPES OF
VALUES THE EXECUTIVE TOOK INTO
CONSIDERATION IN MAKING A
DETERMINATION TO CONVERT
INTERIM HSD DIRECTOR JOHNSON TO
BE THE PERMANENT DIRECTOR FOR
HST.
I THINK THOSE ARE IMPORTANT
QUESTIONS AND FOR PURPOSES OF
MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS A
LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE AND THAT
THERE IS A LEVEL OF INFORMATION
PROVIDED TO THIS COUNCIL TO
MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION IS
REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE OVERALL
PROCESS.
I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO TO GET A
RESPONSE TO OUR INQUIRY AND
WHEN WE DO, WE ARE HAPPY TO
SHARE THAT WITH YOU ALL.
>> EXCELLENT.
ARE WE GOOD?
>> YES.
JUST TO, THANK YOU, COUNCIL
MEMBER GONZALEZ FOR THAT LETTER
AND I WILL LOOK AT THAT.
I HOPE THAT YOU , COUNCIL
MEMBER MOSQUEDA AND OTHERS WILL
JOIN US AT THE COMMITTEE.
I ALSO WANT TO LET EVERYBODY
KNOW THAT MY OFFICE HAD BEEN
FOLLOWING UP WITH THE MAYORS
OFFICE FOR THE PAST SEVERAL
MONTHS ASKING THEM WHAT PROCESS
THEY WERE GOING TO USE FOR THE
APPOINTMENT AND NOMINATION OF
THE DIRECTOR AND WE DID NOT GET
A RESPONSE FROM THEM IN TERMS
OF WHAT PROCESS THEY ARE USING.
AND THE NEXT THING WE KNEW IS
THAT THE NOMINATION WAS SENT TO
COUNSEL.
SO IT WILL BE GOOD TO HEAR FROM
THEM.
AND HOPEFULLY, DEPUTY MAYOR
MOSLEY WILL BE THERE IN PERSON
TO ANSWER CONCERNS ABOUT WHY A
TRANSPARENT PROCESS WAS NOT
USED.
>> VERY GOOD.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD .
>> THANK YOU.
>> SO MY COMMITTEE MEETS THIS
WEEK ON FRIDAY DUE TO THE
HOLIDAY ON MONDAY THE 21st.
THE CIVIL RIGHTS AND ECONOMIC
DEPLOYMENT COMMITTEE WILL MEET
FRIDAY AT 10 AM.
WE HAVE MOVED THE MEETING TO 10
AM AND THAT CONCURS WITH THE
RESOLUTION DOING SO.
IN THAT COMMITTEE MEETING WE
WILL BE HAVING A SECOND
DISCUSSION ON AN ELECTION
REFORM RESOLUTION.
AND WHAT THAT RESOLUTION DOES
IS THAT IT IDENTIFIES PROBLEMS
AND CHALLENGES, INCLUDED IN A
RECENT REPORT FROM THE SEATTLE
WOMEN'S COMMISSION AND IT SETS
OUT A WORK PLAN TO PASS
LEGISLATION TO ADDRESS SOME OF
THOSE CONCERNS.
THE LEGISLATION ITSELF DOES NOT
IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS.
IT IDENTIFIES THE NAMES OF THE
PROBLEMS WITH THE IDEA THAT IF
WE COULD HAVE SOME AGREEMENT
HERE ON THE COUNCIL WITH WHAT
úTHE PROBLEMS ARE, THAT WILL
HELP US WORK ON IDENTIFYING
SOLUTIONS THAT WE COULD ALL
MOVE FORWARD WITH TOGETHER.
SO, WE WILL BE VOTING ON THAT
IN COMMITTEE ON FRIDAY.
I AM HAPPY TO SHARE A COPY OF
THE RESOLUTION WITH ANYBODY WHO
WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT.
WE ALSO WILL BE HAVING A PUBLIC
HEARING AND BRIEFING ON A
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES BILL
RELATING TO THE CITY OF SEATTLE
DATUM POINT.
ALL OF THAT SAYS THAT THE
LEGISLATION WOULD BRING THE
CITY OF SEATTLE CODE INTO
ALIGNMENT WITH CURRENT AND
FUTURE NATIONAL GEO SURVEY DATA.
AND FINALLY, WE ARE GOING TO
HAVE A BRIEFING FROM SEATTLE
PUBLIC UTILITIES AS WELL ON
THEIR PROGRAM.
THIS REPORT COMES AFTER AN
EXTENSIVE TWO-YEAR ASSESSMENT
ON THE REGIONAL DRINKING WATER
SYSTEM AND A PREVIOUS STUDY ON
SEISMIC STUDIES.
WE HAVE INVESTED IN SEISMIC
UPGRADES TO THE DRINKING WATER
SYSTEM AND THERE IS MORE TO BE
DONE.
WE ARE LOOKING AT MOVING
FORWARD AFTER THE PASSAGE OF
THE NEXT STRATEGIC BUSINESS
PLAN.
OF MAKING A COMMITMENT TO
INVEST UP TO $20 MILLION PER
YEAR ON SEISMIC UPGRADES AND
CONTINUING THIS INVESTMENTS
OVER A 50 YEAR HORIZON.
OTHER THINGS COMING UP FOR ME
THIS WEEK, I HAVE OFFICE HOURS
IN DISTRICT THIS FRIDAY FROM 2
PM UNTIL 7 PM AT THE SENIOR
CENTER OF WEST SEATTLE AND A
COUPLE OF MEETINGS COMING UP ON
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
THERE WILL BE A SECOND MEETING
AND THIS ONE IN HIGHLAND PARK.
ONE HAPPENED LAST NIGHT AND
THIS IS A MEETING TO DISCUSS
THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF CAMP
SECOND CHANCE.
IT IS COMING TO THE END OF ITS
SECOND YEAR OF PERMITTED
OPERATION AND THE OFFICE, THE
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS
CHECKING IN WITH COMMUNITY
MEMBERS ON HOW FOLKS FEEL THAT
THE CAMP HAS BEEN OPERATING AND
THE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY.
LAST NIGHT'S MEETING WAS
REALLY, I FELT IT WAS A REALLY
FITTING IN EVENING ON THE
MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY HOLIDAY.
THE ROOM WAS FILLED WITH THE
SPIRIT OF DOCTOR KING AND A LOT
OF WONDERFUL SUPPORT FOR CAMP
SECOND CHANCE.
EVERY TIME ANYONE SPOKE THERE
WAS UNANIMOUS APPLAUSE IN THE
ROOM.
REALLY STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE
CONTINUATION OF CAMP SECOND
CHANCE.
THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN COMING
TOGETHER TO BUILD TINY HOMES ON
THAT SITE.
AND IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD A
CHANCE TO VISIT I WOULD URGE
YOU TO DO SO.
THEY ARE ACTUALLY HAVING AN
OPEN HOUSE IN FEBRUARY ON
FEBRUARY 12.
THERE WILL BE ANOTHER MEETING
FOLLOW UP IN HIGHLAND PARK ON
WEDNESDAY AND I WILL BE
ATTENDING THAT.
ALSO, TOMORROW MORNING AT 7 AM,
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES IS
GOING TO BE DOING A WALKING TOUR
OF THE THOMAS COUNTY -- THIS
WILL BE A KING TIED EVENT.
THEY TYPICALLY HAPPEN TO-FOUR
TIMES PER YEAR AND CLIMATE
CHANGE IS EXPECTED TO
ACCELERATE THE KING TIDES AND
RISING SEA LEVELS AND FREQUENCY
OF EXTREME STORM SURGES.
THAT IS EXPECTED TO HAPPEN
MONTHLY BY 2100.
SOUTH PARK IS ONE OF THE MOST
VULNERABLE NEIGHBORHOODS FOR
SEA LEVEL RISE.
THE WALKING TOUR WILL BE
FOCUSED ON A NUMBER OF REALLY
IMPORTANT INVESTMENTS THAT
SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES HAS
BEEN PUTTING INTO THAT
COMMUNITY TO CREATE RESILIENCY,
INCLUDING A STORMWATER
CONVEYANCE PROJECT AS WELL AS
PUMP STATIONS AND WATER QUALITY
PRODUCTS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THAT
TOMORROW MORNING.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALEZ.
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ.
>> THE LAKE CITY RECENTLY
CELEBRATED ITS GRAND OPENING ON
THE 12th.
I WAS PART OF THE RIBBON
CUTTING CEREMONY AND AS MANY OF
YOU KNOW, THE LIBRARY HAS BEEN
CLOSED FOR EIGHT MONTHS FROM
MAY UNTIL JANUARY FOR
RESERVATION RENOVATION.
THE LIBRARY LOOKS ABSOLUTELY
BEAUTIFUL AND SINCE I HAVE BEEN
GOING TO THAT LIBRARY FOR THREE
DECADES WITH MY KIDS, IT IS
SUCH A WIDE OPEN SPACE WITH
MORE ROOM FOR CHILDREN. THERE
ARE MORE CONFERENCE ROOMS AND
SPACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY
EAT.
THE RENOVATION HAS JUST MADE IT
MORE OPEN AND THAT IS WHAT WE
NEEDED FOR THAT LIBRARY.
LAST WEEK, I GOT TO GO MEET
WITH THE GIRL SCOUTS AND IT WAS
AMAZING.
I HAD A WONDERFUL TIME WITH
THESE YOUNG WOMEN.
WE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT
POLITICS AND I DID THE HONORARY
GIRL SCOUT OATH.
IT TURNS OUT THAT I AM NOT AN
HONORARY GIRL SCOUT.
I AM A REAL GIRL SCOUT NOW AND
HAVE A PEN.
SO THANK YOU TROOP NUMBER 5887.
IT WAS EXCITING TO BE THERE
WITH THOSE YOUNG WOMEN AND
THEIR PARENTS.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR FOURTH ANNUAL
DIVE AT THE SHANTY TAVERN.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED THIS YEAR.
WE HAVE AWARDS FOR COMMUNITY
LEADERS AS WELL AS FOOD AND
MUSIC.
WE HAVE TOM AND SCONE STAND
THOMAS CAN'T STAND CONSTAND .
HE WILL BE COMING AND LIVES
WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF THE
SHANTY TAVERN.
HE HAS LIVED IN THE CITY AND IS
EXCITED TO BE AT OUR EVENT.
LAST WEEK WE HAD A MEETING ON
INTRODUCING AN EASEMENT. AS YOU
KNOW, THIS IS OUR SIXTH TIME
BRINGING THIS UP FOR DISCUSSION
BUT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT
WE DO THAT.
THE NEXT MEETING OF THE CIVIL
DEVELOPMENTS PUBLIC ASSETS
COMMITTEE WILL BE THIS
THURSDAY.
IT IS THAT 10 AM IN COUNCIL
CHAMBERS.
BOTH ITEMS HEARD LAST WEEK WILL
BE UP FOR POTENTIALVOTE IN
COMMITTEE.
SO JUST A QUICK REMINDER.
THE THREE PIECES OF WATERFRONT
LEGISLATION WILL INCLUDE THE
L.I.D.
FORMATION AND THEN THE PROTEST
WAIVER AGREEMENT ORDINANCE.
IF YOU WANT TO GET UP TO SPEED
BEFORE THE COMMITTEE OR FULL
COUNSEL VOTE WE WILL MEET ON
MONDAY.
FOLLOWING THE BRIEFING TODAY WE
WILL HAVE A VERY BRIEF
EXECUTIVE SESSION REGARDING THE
LEGISLATION.
THERE ARE SOME QUASIJUDICIAL
MATTERS THAT WE NEED TO CLEAR
UP.
OTHER THAN THAT, THAT IS ALL I
HAVE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
JUAREZ.
>> APPLICATION TO REZONE A
14,000 SQUARE FOOT SITE FROM
NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL 2 WITH
A 40 FOOT LIMIT TO A 75 FOOT
LIMIT IS NOW CONSIDERED
QUASIJUDICIAL.
I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND PEOPLE
TO REFRAIN FROM TALKING TO
PROPONENTS.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT
THIS PLEASE SEE OUR STAFF.
THERE ARE SEVERAL ITEMS RELATED
TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
MANDATORY HOUSING AFFORDAILITY
PROGRAM.
BUT NONE UP FOR DISCUSSION THIS
AFTERNOON.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
JOHNSON.
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> WE WILL HAVE A REGULAR
MEETING OF THE -- COMMUNITY
JANUARY 23 IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
WE ARE GOING TO DISCUSS TWO
VERY IMPORTANT AGENDA ITEMS.
THE FIRST IS WE WILL BE JOINED
BY THE INSPECTOR GENERAL PUBLIC
SAFETY, LISA JUDGE AND HER
DEPUTY EMMY SIGH FOR THE FIRST
EVER WORK PLAN FOR THE 2019
YEAR.
THIS IS A REQUIREMENT OF THE
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE
THAT WE PASSED IN 2017 AND WE
ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO
DISCUSSING THE WORK PLAN IN
COMMITTEE THIS WEDNESDAY AND WE
INVITE ALL OF THOSE THAT HAVE
INTEREST IN HEARING ABOUT HER
WORK AND TO PLEASE JOIN US AT
10 AM THIS WEDNESDAY.
WE ARE GOING TO HOST THE SEATTLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT, SEATTLE FIRE
DEPARTMENT AND OFFICE OF
MANAGEMENT TO HEAR ABOUT
PROTOCOLS WHEN THERE ARE 911
OUTAGES.
AS YOU ALL ARE PROBABLY AWARE
AT THIS POINT, ON DECEMBER 27
AND 28, THERE WAS A SYSTEMWIDE
911 OUTAGE FOR CENTRAL LAKE
CUSTOMERS.
THE FIRST ONE ON THE 27th WAS
ABOUT 32 MINUTES LONG.
THE SECOND ONE WAS 11.5 HOURS
LONG.
THOSE ARE CONSIDERED MAJOR
MAJOR INCIDENTS.
WE WILL HEAR FROM CITY AGENCIES
ABOUT HOW THEY RESPONDED TO THAT
RIDICULOUS OUTAGE AND WHAT
LESSONS THEY HAVE LEARNED.
THERE ARE SEVERAL LISTENS
LESSONS THAT WERE LEARNED AND
ISSUES THAT WILL NEED TO BE
EMBARKED UPON WITHIN THE NEXT
SEVERAL WEEKS TO MAKE SURE THAT
SHOULD THOSE OUTAGES OCCUR IN
THE FUTURE WE ARE BETTER
PREPARED IN TERMS OF THE
COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS AND
OTHERWISE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
PUBLIC IS AS INFORMED AS THEY
NEED TO BE SURE THEY HAVE AN
EMERGENCY DURING THOSE OUTAGES.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THOSE
FOLKS IN COMMITTEE AND HOPE
THAT YOU WILL JOIN US IN
COMMITTEE IF YOU ARE INTERESTED
IN THAT CONVERSATION.
I WANT TO QUICKLY TALK ABOUT A
FEW COMMUNITY EVENTS.
THE FIRST ONE THAT I WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT IS THAT LAST THURSDAY
I STAFF AND I HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR THE NEW
BROCKS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
IN DISTRICT 1. WE GOT TO SEE
THE IMPACT OF OUR PAST LEVY
INVESTMENTS AS WELL AS THE
POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE LEVY
INVESTMENTS AT THAT
PARTICULARLY LOCATION.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THEM FOR
ALLOWING ME TO JOIN THEM AT
ROCK HILL TO SEE HOW OUR LEVY
DOLLARS A SUPPORT BEFORE AND
AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES.
THIS IS, THIS TOUR WAS
PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT FOR ME
BECAUSE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
WEEKS IN MY COMMITTEE WE WILL
BE CONSIDERING THE MAYORS
PROPOSED IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
FOR THE PROMISED LEVY SO WE
WILL CONTINUE TO SPEND SOME TIME
WITH COMMUNITY TO HEAR FROM
TEACHERS, PRINCIPALS, STUDENTS
AND THEIR FAMILIES TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE ARE GETTING THAT
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN CORRECT AND
THAT OUR INVESTMENTS ARE GOING
TO BE LEVERAGED IN THE BEST WAY
POSSIBLE TO CLOSE THE
OPPORTUNITY AND KINDERGARTEN
READINESS GAP FOR KIDS ACROSS
THE CITY.
I ALSO WANT TO JUST THINK THE
ORGANIZERS OF THE WOMEN'S MARCH
THIS PAST WEEKEND.
THIS WAS THE SECOND YEAR FOR
THE CELEBRATION OF DR. MARTIN
LUTHER KING JR. WE ARE EXCITED
THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER
OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW UP IN
FORCE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIGHT
FOR EQUITY WITHIN THE CITY.
AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE
FOLKS THAT SHOWED UP AT THE
WOMEN'S MARCH ON SATURDAY.
I GOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
MARCH BY BEING PART OF A PANEL
DISCUSSING THE JOYS, TRIALS AND
TRIBULATIONS OF BEING A COLORED
WOMEN WOMAN IN ELECTED OFFICE.
I WANT TO THANK THE
PARTICIPANTS WERE CONTINUING TO
BE ACTIVE AND CONTINUING TO
FIGHT. THIS WEEK I AM EXCITED
TO HEAD BACK INTO COMMITTEE
AGAIN ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 24.
FROM 4 PM UNTIL 6 PM I WILL BE
JOINING THE OTHER MEMBERS OF
THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AT A
PUBLIC MEETING AT THE RAINIER
IMMUNITY CENTER TO DISCUSS THE
PROPOSAL FOR ADDITIONAL
DOLLARS.
AND I WILL BE IN DISTRICT TWO
MEETING WITH THE DAS COMMITTEE
TALKING ABOUT PENDING
DEVELOPMENT CONCERNS IN THAT
PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND LASTLY, I WILL BE, THIS
AFTERNOON, ASKING TO BE EXCUSED
ON MONDAY, JANUARY 28.
I WILL BE HEADING TO
WASHINGTON, D.C. THE 28th TO
THE 30th TO ATTEND MY FIRST
CONFERENCE THERE.
I WILL BE ATTENDING MY FIRST
BOARD MEMBER FOR COMMUNITY
PROGRESS.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER O'BRIEN.
>> THE SUSTAINABILITY AND
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE DOES
NOT MEET THIS WEEK.
THE ONE THING I WILL MENTION
FOR THE PUBLIC, A BIG THANK YOU
TO EVERYONE WHO MADE CHANGES IN
BEHAVIOR LAST WEEK BECAUSE OF
THOUSANDS OF DIFFERENT CHANGES
TO PATTERN.
WHILE THERE WERE ADDITIONAL
DELAYS LAST WEEK, IT DID NOT
REACH THE CATASTROPHIC LEVELS
THAT PEOPLE WERE FEARFUL OF.
THE FEAR NOW IS THAT FOLKS THAT
ARE DOING THOSE CHANGES WILL
BACKTRACK AND SO, I WANT TO
APPLAUD THE FOLKS AT FDOT AND
METRO TRANSIT.
I THINK THEY ARE SEEING AMAZING
LOADS THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM AND
FOLKS ARE WORKING A LOT OF
HOURS TO KEEP AN EYE ON AND
RESPOND TO THAT WELL.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF
INCIDENTS LAST WEEK INCLUDING
EIGHT DUMP TRUCK THAT ROLLED
OVER ON I-5. THEY DID MANAGE TO
GET THAT CLEARED RELATIVELY
QUICKLY AND MINIMIZE THE IMPACT
OF THAT.
THANK YOU TO THE FOLKS DOING
THE WORK OUT THERE AND TO THE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN SEATTLE
AND THROUGHOUT THE REGION WHO
HAVE MADE CHANGES AND TO HAVE
THE FLEXIBILITY TO MAKE CHANGES
AND JUST ENCOURAGING FOLKS TO
STICK WITH IT. AFTER THIS
MORNING WE WILL HAVE H MORE
COMMUTES BEFORE THIS PHASE IS
THROUGH.
SO, THE END IS NEAR HOPEFULLY
IN A GOOD WAY.
PLEASE STICK WITH IT SO WE CAN
GET THROUGH THIS TIME TOGETHER.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR GOING AROUND
THE TABLE.
WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO
EXECUTIVE SESSION AT THIS
POINT.
AS AT THIS POINT WE WILL BE
GOING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION ON
PENDING, POTENTIAL OR ACTUAL
LITIGATION.
THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US
TO DISCUSS CONFIDENTIAL MOTIONS.
WE WILL RESERVE QUESTIONS UNTIL
WE MEET WITH THE PUBLIC.
AT THIS POINT, WILL THE CLERK
SECURE THE ROOM AND WE WILL
MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.