Good afternoon everybody.
Thank GLOUK being here for our
April 22nd FULL COUNCIL MEETING.
.
ITS 2:00 P.M.
I'M BRUCE HARRELL.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
RULE.
>> O' BRIEN.
>> HERE.
>> SWAU.
>> HERE.
>> BAGSHAW
>> HERE.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> HERE.
>> HERBOLD.
>> HERE.
>> JUAREZ.
>> HERE.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> HERE.
>> PRESIDENT HARRELL.
>> HERE.
>> EIGHT PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THERE IS NO OBJECTION.
THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL
CALENDAR WILL BE ADOPTED.
THE INTRODUCTION CALENDAR IS
ADOPTED.
I WILL ALSO MOVE TO ADOPT THE
PROPOSED AGENDA.
>> SECOND.
>> ITS BEEN MOVED TO SECOND.
I WILL LIKE MOVE AN AMENDMENT.
I WILL MOVE TO INCLUDE THE
VOTING PROCEDURES FOR THE
APPOINTMENT OF CITY COUNCIL
POSITION NUMBER FOUR LISTED
UNDER THE ITEM OF BUSINESS TO BE
AS FOLLOWS.
AS CHAIRLY OPEN NOMINATIONS TO
FILL THE CITY COUNCIL POSITION,
NUMBER FOUR.
COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO NOMINATE AN
APPLICANT AND AN APPLICANT WILL
NEED TO BE NOMINATED BY A
COUNCIL MEMBER TO BE CONSIDERED.
AFTER NOMINATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE
THE CALL FOR NOMINEES WILL
CLOSE.
THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL THEN BE
GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE ANY
COMMENTS ABOUT THE SELECTED
NOMINEES, THE FACTORS OR
CRITERIA IN USED AND DECIDING
WHOM TO SUPPORT AND ANY OTHER
INFORMATION THEY WISH TO SHARE
BEFORE THE VOTING BEGINS.
WHEN IT IS TIME TO VOTE ON THE
NOMINEES THE CLERK WILL CALL THE
ROLE AND COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL
RESPOND BY STATING THE NAME OF
THE NOMINEE THEY WISH TO APPOINT
FROM THE SELECTED NOMINEES.
COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY NOT CHANGE
THEIR VOTE TILL THE NEXT ROUND
OF
ELECTIONS SHOULD THERE WILL BE
ONE.
IF ONE NOMINEE RECEIVES FIVE OR
MORE VOTES IS NOMINATED FOR FILL
POSITION FOUR AND WILL SOON
OFFICE IMMEDIATELY AND TAKING
THE OATH OF OFFICE.
IF THE NOMINEE DOES NOT RECEIVE
FIVE VOTES IN NEXT NOMINEE WILL
BE CONSIDERED.
THE PROCESS WILL REPEAT UNTIL A
NOMINEE RECEIVES FIVE OR MORE
VOTES.
OKAY.
SO THAT IS THE AMENDMENT I WOULD
LIKE TO PROPOSE FOR THE AGENDA.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT
THE PROCEDURE I DESCRIBED?
OKAY, SO WE WILL AMEND THE
AGENDA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE VOTING
PROVIDERS FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF
CITY COUNCIL PROPOSAL PLEASE
VOTE I.
>> I.
>> THOSE OPPOSE VOTE NO.
>> THE MOTION CARRIES.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE
AGAIN TO AS AMENDED PLEASE VOTE
I.
>> I.
>> THOSE A POSED VOTE NO.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED AS AMENDED.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES THE
MINUTES OF THE -- APRIL 8th AND
APRIL 11th 2019 CITY COUNCIL
MEETINGS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE
MINUTES WILL BE SIGNED.
HEAR NO OBJECTION.
THE AMENDMENTS ARE BEING SIGNED.
I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY
PRESENTATIONS THIS AFTERNOON.
SO WE WILL MOVE TO PUBLIC
COMMENT.
AT THIS TIME WE WILL -- JUST ONE
MOMENT HERE.
THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
AT THIS TIME WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC
COMMENT ON ITEMS THAT APPEARED
ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
OUR CALENDAR AND THE CITY
COUNCIL'S 2019 WORK PROGRAM.
I WILL CALL YOU OUT IN THE ORDER
IN
WHICH WE YOU HAVE SIGNED UP IN.
WE WILL START OFF WITH DAVID
HAINES FOLLOWED BY WILLIAMSON.
WE WILL GO FOR TWO MINUTES PER
SPEAKER.
>> CITY COUNCIL, WE NEED AN
INVIG RATD PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY
GROUP TO INFLUENCE THE 21st
CENTURY DEVELOPMENT AND COMBAT
THE -- WE NEED TO ELEVATE THE
PUNISHMENT OF ROAD RAGE HORN
HONKING THAT IS DEMENTAL TO THE
HEALTH OF INDIVIDUALS SUBJECTED
TO NOISE POLLUTIONS THAT JUSTIFY
TICKETING HORN HOCKERS.
WE NEED PEDESTRIAN PRIORITY AS
IT IS NOW PEDESTRIANS ARE
SUBJECTED IN DELAYS IN CROSSING
THE STREET BECAUSE CARS ARE
PRIORITIZED.
ANY PERSON UNFORTUNATE TO BE
FORCED TON 3rd AVENUE KNOWS
PEDESTRIANS ARE SUBJECT TO HORN
HONKING BY OUR BUS DRIVERS
INCONSIDERATION OF OTHERS WHILE
THEY HONK.
EVERY PEDESTRIAN IS OVERWHELMED
BY THE BUS HORN HONKING.
GOOD LUCK TO THE 21st CENTURY
ATTEMPTS TO GIVE THE PEOPLE OF
REPRIEVE ON THE CITY ON THE SIDE
OF THE HIGHWAY.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS WILLIAMSON
FOLLOWED BY ASHLEY GORDON.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'M HERE TODAY AS VOLUNTEER FOR
UNIFIED SEATTLE.
I'M HERE TO MAKE A STATEMENT
TODAY REGARDING LOW BARRIER
SHACK ENCAMPMENTS.
THIS GO AGAINST THE
RECOMMENDATION OF HOMELESS
EXPERTS.
SEATTLE HAS ALREADY SEEN THEM
FAIL.
FOR EXAMPLE THE ONE IN NORTH
SEATTLE, CRIME HAS DOUBLED.
FAILED SOLUTIONS ENABLE
STRUGGLING HOMELESS AS
INCOMPETENTS RATHER THAN
ENCOURAGING REHABILITATION.
THE GOAL FOR THESE RESIDENT
SOCIAL SECURITY FOR THEM TO BE
ABLE TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY AND
SUPPORT THEMSELVES.
AN EXAMPLE OF THE FAILURE OF
THESE ENCAMPMENTS JUST TWO WEEKS
AGO THE LAKE UNION ENCAMPMENT
LOCKED OUT CITY OFFICIALS AND A
HOSTILE TAKE OVER.
THE NON-PROFIT GROUPS THAT HAVE
REFUSED THE CITY OFFICIALS
ENTRANCE HAVE ALSO FAILED TO
SHOW TRANSPARENCY ON ANY
OUTCOMES ON THEIR USE OF PUBLIC
FUNDS.
THIS PROVES THEY ARE THE ONLY
ONES TO STAND TO BENEFIT FROM
THE LOW BARRIER SHACK ENCAMPMENT
PROPOSALS.
IF SEATTLE CONTINUES IN THIS
VAIN, THE HOMELESS EPIDEMIC IN
THE CITY WILL ONLY GET WORSE AND
PEOPLE WILL CONTINUE TO SUFFER
ON OUR STREETS.
WE NEED REAL SOLUTIONS, NOT
SHACKS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND
ATTENTION.
>> THANK YOU.
ASHLEY GORDON WILL BE FOLLOWED
BY ALLEN BICKEM.
>> UM, GOOD AFTERNOON.
I AM HERE IN SUPPORT OF FOR THE
VACANCY FOR DISTRICT 4.
I HAVE KNOWN ABEL FOR SEVERAL
YEARS AND I AM HERE BECAUSE I
REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT BOTH
PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY
AND IN ALL OF HIS SPARE TIMES HE
SHOWN A DEDICATION TO BEING
APART OF SHAPING THE FUTURE OF
SEATTLE.
AND HIS WORK WITH THE UNIVERSITY
OF WASHINGTON IN PARTICULAR
AROUND STEP DIVERSIFYING STEM
PROGRAMS IS REALLY PERSONAL TO
ME AS A BLACK WOMAN AND SOMEONE
WHOSE INTERESTED IN SEEING
INITIATIVES THAT ARE --
INCLUSIVE ACROSS THE BOARD IN
THE CITY.
I ALSO THINK THAT -- AS A
RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 4 AS WELL
AS A PROFESSIONAL IN DISTRICT 4
HE BRINGS A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE
ON BOTH ENDS OF THE SPECTRUM
AROUND PUBLIC TRANSIT AND ISSUES
OF HOMELESSNESS AND -- WILL DO
IT WITH A SENSE OF COMPASSION
WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME.
I THINK TO A LOT OF RESIDENTS.
OVERALL, I THINK IN PARTICULAR
FOR THIS APPOINTMENT YOU ARE
LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO CAN --
COME IN AND -- KIND OF TELL THE
LINE OF BRINGING NEW IDEAS AND A
NEW PERSPECTIVE AND A LIVED
EXPERIENCE THAT MAY BE ISN'T
RIGHT ON THE COUNCIL RIGHT NOW
BUT ALSO SOMEONE WHO WILL WANT
TO PARTNER AND COLLABORATE AND
SEE THROUGH THE PROGRAMS AND
INITIATIVES THAT ARE ALREADY IN
INFLUX AND I THINK IN ABEL YOU
WILL FIND SOMEONE THAT CAN DO
THAT.
I REALLY TO HOPE I HELPED TIP
THE SCALES IN HIS FAVOR.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR LAST SPEAKER WILL BE ALLEN
BICKEM.
>> HI.
I WILL JUST BE TALKING ABOUT THE
LEVY AND I'M A STUDENT AT
SEATTLE CENTRAL COLLEGE IN PART
OF THE PROMISE SCHOLARSHIP
THAT'S PROVIDED THERE AND -- I
WOULD SAY ITS BEEN A HUGE
BENEFIT TO BE APART OF THAT.
I THINK ITS NICE FOR STUDENTS TO
HAVE THE TIME TO KIND OF FIGURE
OUT WHAT THEY WANT TO TO AND --
TAKE THOSE TWO YEARS IF THEY ARE
NOT READY I GUESS HAVING THOSE
TWO YEARS TO KIND OF EXPLORE AND
REALLY SEE WHAT IT IS THEY WANT
TO DO IN COLLEGE OR WHAT THEY
WANT TO DO FOR THE REST OF THEIR
LIFE AND SOME STUDENTS JUST
AREN'T READY TO -- GO TO FOUR
YEAR UNIVERSITY STRAIGHT OUT OF
HIGH SCHOOL.
I THINK THAT HAVING THAT
OPPORTUNITY FOR -- FUTURE
STUDENTS WILL BENEFIT THEM A LOT
AND DEFINITELY HAS BENEFITTED ME
A LOT IN SAVING MONEY TOO WITH
COLLEGE CAUSE ITS VERY
EXPENSIVE.
AND YEAH, SO, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK ALL OF A YOU FOR YOUR
PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
THAT WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC
COMMENT SECTION OF OUR AGENDA.
WE WILL MOVE TO THE PAYMENT OF
THE BILLS SECTION.
PLEASE READ THE TITLE.
>> COUNCIL BILL 119501.
AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING MONEY
TO PAY CERTAIN AUDITED CLAIMS
AND ORDERING THE PAYMENT THERE
OF.
>> I WILL MOVE TO PASS COUNCIL
BILL 119501.
ITS BEEN MOVED.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS?
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> O' BRIEN.
>> I.
>> SWAU.
>> I.
>> BAGSHAW.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> I WILL.
>> HERBOLD.
>> I.
>> JUAREZ.
>> I.
>> SORRY.
MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> PRESIDENT HARRELL.
>> I.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR.
>> BILL PASSES AND THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
PLEASE READ THE FIRST AGENDA
ITEM.
>> THE REPORT OF THE CITY
COUNCIL AGAIN DATE EM 1
RESOLUTION 31878.
A RESOLUTION PROVIDING AN
HONORARY DESIGNATION -- AS ROB
MATTSON WAY INTRODUCED APRIL 15,
2019.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER O' BRIEN.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
COLLEAGUES, I'M EXCITED TO PASS
THIS DESIGNATION TODAY.
THIS WOULD DESIGNATE THE 22ND
AVENUE BETWEEN NORTHWEST 56TH
AND NORTHWEST 57TH.
THAT IS THE BLOCK BETWEEN -- OR
ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BALLARD
BRANCH OF THE SEATTLE LIBRARY AS
ROB MATTSON WAY.
ROB PASSED AWAY LAST YEAR.
HE RETIRED IN 2013 FROM THE CITY
OF SEATTLE HAVING WORKED WITH
THE CITY FOR 42 YEARS.
IN 1973 UNDER MAYOR HE WAS
APPOINTED THE -- DIRECTOR OF THE
BALLARD LITTLE CITY HALL AT THE
TIME.
AS HEAD OF THE BALLARD
NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE CENTER AND
FOUNDER OF THE DISTRICT COUNCIL
ROB CONTINUED HIS WORK
CONNECTING RESIDENTS OF BALLARD
WITH EACH OTHER AND THROUGH THE
CITY SERVICES THROUGH MOST OF
HIS CAREER.
UM, LATER YEARS ROB WAS OFTEN
REFERRED TO AS THE MAYOR OF
BALLARD.
BY INTRODUCING THIS RESOLUTION
MAYOR ALONG WITH HIS FAMILY AND
FRIENDS INTEND TO HONOR ROB WITH
THIS HONORARY STREET
DESIGNATION.
THIS WILL BE A CELEBRATION AS
THE SIGNS GO UP IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD AT A DATE TO BE
NAMED IN THE FUTURE.
ROB WAS SOMEONE WHO I KNOW AS
RESPECTED BY JUST ABOUT EVERYONE
IN THE COMMUNITY.
AMAZING PERSON.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER O'
BRIEN.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS
ON THIS RESOLUTION?
ACTUALLY MY ON OR IN SUPPORTING
THIS, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING
THIS TO THE ATTENTION.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THE
RESOLUTION PLEASE VOTE I.
>> I.
>> THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO T.
MOTION CARRIES AND THE
RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED AND CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT.
[ APPLAUSE ]
FEW HAD KNOWN WE HAD SOME FANS
OUT THERE I WOULD HAVE GIVE AN
LONGER SPEECH.
PLEASE READ THE NEXT AGENDA ATE
EM.
>> THE REPORT OF THE EQUITY AND
TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE T.
REAPPOINTMENT OF RYAN P VANCIL
AS HEARING EXAMINER, OFFICE OF
THE HEARING EXAMINER FOR A TERM,
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
APPOINTMENT BE CONFIRMED.
>> THANK YOU.
ITS MY PLEASURE IN PRESENTING TO
YOU THE CONFIRMATION OR
REAPPOINTMENT OF OUR HEARING
EXAMINER RYAN VANCIL.
LAST BACKGROUND FOR THE VIEWING
PUBLIC.
THE HEARING EXAMINER IS PERHAPS
AN OFFICE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T
KNOW WHAT THEY DO.
THEY MIGHT ASSOCIATE IT WITH
LAND USE APPEALS BUT THE OFFICE
COVERS MUCH MORE INCLUDING MANY
ISSUES THAT ARISE FROM OUR CITY
CODE APPEALS THAT ARE TAKEN TO
THAT OFFICE.
IT BY COME AS CRITICAL PLACE
BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE ARE NOT
REPRESENTED BY COUNCIL, MANY
ARE.
A CRITICAL PLACE FOR
UNDERSTANDING DUE PROCESS WHEN
PEOPLE ARE HAVING -- ISSUES,
LEGAL ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH THE
CITY OF SEATTLE DIRECTION ON
LAND USE AND MANY OTHER ONE
ISSUES.
SO LITTLE DESCRIPTION OF HOW WE
GOT TO THIS POINT.
UM, OVER A YEAR AGO WE HAD AN
OPENING BECAUSE OF THE
RETIREMENT OF OUR FORMER HEARING
EXAMINER TANNER.
THERE WERE SEVERAL ROUNDS OF
INTERVIEWS.
THE FIRST ROUND OF INTERVIEWS
FOR THE HEARING EXAMINER WAS
CONDUCTED BY A THREE PERSON
SELECTION AND ON THAT PANEL
THERE WERE REPRESENTATIVES FROM
SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN
RESOURCES, THE KING COUNTY, THE
KING COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION FOR
THE HIRING PROCESS DESCRIBED IN
OUR MUNICIPAL CODE.
FROM THAT PROCESS FIVE
APPLICANTS WERE FORWARDED TO THE
SECOND SELECTION PANEL.
FROM THAT SECOND SELECTION PANEL
THAT CONSIST OF FOUR
INDIVIDUALS, COUNCIL MEMBER --
FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER ROB
JOHNSON WHO WAS CHAIR OF THE
PLANNING LAND USE AND ZONING
COMMITTEE AND WHO WAS A FORMER
HEARING EXAMINER, KAREN JACKSON
THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT HUMAN
RESOURCES DIRECTOR AND MYSELF.
FROM THOSE INTERVIEWS,
MR. VANCIL WAS THE TOP
CANDIDATE.
UM, FAST FORWARD TO TODAY AND
THE RECENT PROCESS.
HE WAS CONFIRMED FOR ONE YEAR.
AFTER THAT PROCESS THE MORE
EXHAUSTIVE PROCESS TOOK PLACE.
THEY FORWARDED HIM SEVERAL
QUESTIONS AND ORAL QUESTIONS AS
WELL AND -- PRESENTED THE
RESPONSES TO THE FULL COUNCIL.
WE ALSO SOUGHT FEEDBACK FROM
EVERYONE IN HIS OFFICE, THE
DEPUTY HEARING EXAMINER, ALL
STAFF FROM THE OFFICE OF THE
HEARING EXAMINER AND UPON THE
REVIEW OF ALL OF THE EVALUATIONS
I WAS VERY PLEASED TO CALL FOR A
VOTE OF THE COMMITTEE.
HE WAS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED
ON APRIL 16th.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIS
BACKGROUND, HE HELD AS JURIS
DOCTOR RATE FROM THE SEATTLE
UNIVERSITY OF LAW.
HE HOLDS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE
FROM OREGON AND A MASTERS
MEDIATOR CERTIFICATION IN THE
KING COUNTY DISPUTE RESOLUTION
IN -- THAT WAS SINCE JULY 2013.
HE SERVED AS THE DEPUTY HEARING
EXAMINER FROM OCTOBER OF 2016 TO
THE 2018 AND OF COURSE FROM 2006
TO 2016 HE WAS IN PRIVATE
PRACTICE PRIMARILY OPERATING IN
THE AREA OF LAND USE.
IN RESPONSE TO HIS QUESTIONS
ABOUT WHAT KIND OF HEARING
EXAMINER WILL YOU BE, IF YOU ARE
SO CHOSEN IN SORT OF A DEEPER
DIVE IN HIS VALUES TO WHAT MAKES
HIM TICK.
AND NEW IDEAS, WHAT KIND OF NEW
IDEAS DO YOU HAVE.
HE HAD SOME VERY INTERESTING AND
I THOUGHT COURAGEOUS RESPONSES.
HE TALKED ABOUT LOOKING AT THEIR
CURRENT CASE LOAD THAT IS PICKED
UP IN RECENT YEARS WITH ALL OF
THE LAND USE AND ZONING ISSUES
THAT -- HE IS CONFRONTED WITH.
HE'S VERY INTERESTED IN A NEW
SYSTEM WORKING WITH I.T.
AND
LOOKING AT BEST PRACTICES
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY ON HOW
OTHER CITIES AND JURISDICTIONS
HANDLE THEIR DATA BASE
MANAGEMENT OF DIFFERENT ISSUES.
THAT'S THE JOINT STANDING
COMMITTEE OF THE WASHINGTON
STATE BAR ASSOCIATIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL LAND USE LAW AND
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION.
HE HAD SOME CREATIVE IDEAS.
HE'S INTERESTED IN EXPLORING
VIDEO CONFERENCING, SOME TIMES
KNOWN AS SKYPE OR FACE TIME IN
THAT KIND OF PROCESS TO HAVE
MORE HEARINGS AND MAKING IT MORE
ACCESSIBLE AND AVAILABLE TO --
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO OFTEN
HAVE IT CHALLENGING TO COME DOWN
ON SOME OF THE MANNERS IN FRONT
OF THEM.
HE TALKED ABOUT -- EMBRACING THE
RSJI INITIATIVE WHOLEHEARTEDLY
WITH HE AND HIS STAFF MAKING
SURE ALL MEMBERS HAVE REGISTERED
INTO DIFFERENT WORKSHOPS AND
UNDERSTAND THE WORK WE ARE
TRYING TO DO.
HE'S LOOKING AT A TRANSLATION
PRODUCT WHERE THE HEARING
EXAMINER WILL TAKE STEPS IN
IDENTIFY WHERE THERE ARE GREAT
OPPORTUNITIES TO ENHANCE, ACCESS
FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY NOT
SPEAK ENGLISH AND HE ALSO TALKED
ABOUT THE LAND USE SECTION OF
BEING NOT VERY DIVERSE AT ALL IN
ENGAGING BOTH LAW STUDENTS FOR
STUDENT OUTREACH TO LET THEM
KNOW THIS IS A TINE MICK AREA
DYNAMIC AREA OF
THE LAW.
HE HAS A BUDGET FOR THAT AND
WANTS TO BE VERY INTENTIONAL
ABOUT THAT KIND OF OUTREACH AS
HE MOVES FORWARD.
SO, AGAIN, ITS MY HONOR TO
SUPPORT MR. VANCIL AS OUR NEW
HEARING EXAMINER OR OUR RETURNED
HEARING EXAMINER I SHOULD SAY
AND -- ITS MY FORWARD IN
SUBMITTING THIS TO THE FULL
COUNCIL.
ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES BEFORE WE
TAKE A VOTE?
OKAY, THAT IS ALWAYS A GOOD
SIGN, MR. VANCIL.
OKAY.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF CONFIRMING
THIS APPOINTMENT PLEASE VOTE I.
>> I.
>> THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO T.
MOTION CARRIES T. APPOINTMENT IS
CONFIRMED.
CONGRATULATIONS SIR.
AT THIS TIME WE COULD SUSPEND
THE RULES IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
ADDRESS THE COUNCIL WITH A FEW
WORDS OF WISDOM AND I MEAN THAT
LITERALLY.
>> IN THE FEW OR WISDOM PART?
>> MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND
COUNCIL PRESIDENT THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR APPROVING.
I APPRECIATE YOUR CONFIDENCE IN
MYSELF AND IN OUR OFFICE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO MAINTAINING
THE OFFICE OF HEARING EXAMINER
WITH ITS HISTORICAL REPUTATION
OF DEDICATED EFFICIENT SERVICE
TO THE COMMUNITY AND WORKING TO
PROGRESS THE OFFICE WITH SEVERAL
INITIATIVES.
I WILL HAVE THE TIME TO SEE TO
THROUGH FRUITION.
EARLIER THIS MONTH OUR ANNUAL
REPORT FOR 2018 WAS DISTRIBUTED
TO EACH OF YOUR OFFICES.
I WILL BE REACHING OUT TO EACH
OF YOU TO SCHEDULE TIME TO
DISCUSS THAT REPORT AND THE STEP
IT HOPE THE TAKE OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL YEARS AND SEEK YOUR
INPUT AND COMMENT.
I HOPE EACH OF YOU WILL HAVE
TIME TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.
KNOWING THAT YOU ARE ALL BUSY
AND I MAY NOT GET THAT MEETING,
I -- AND ALSO THAT MANY OF YOU
ARE ACTUALLY CYCLING OFF
COUNCIL.
I WANT TO EXPRESS AT THIS TIME
MY REGRET AT THAT CHANGE IN THE
CONTEXT THAT EACH OF YOU IN
VARIOUS WAYS HAS INFLUENCED HOW
I AM APPROACHING THE OFFICE.
YOU SET A TONE FOR POLICY AND
LEADERSHIP IN THE CITY THAT I
THINK IS HEARD THROUGHOUT THE
YOUR VARIOUS STAFF INCLUDING
MYSELF AND I REGRET THAT YOU
WILL NOT BE HERE TO SEE BEYOND
THE DISTANCE OF THIS YEAR HOW
INPUT TAKES FRUIT AND THE OFFICE
PROGRESSES AS I HOPE IT WILL.
I DO LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH YOU UNDER FOR THIS COMING
YEAR AND OF COURSE WITH THOSE
WHO REMAIN IN THE FUTURE YEARS
AND AGAIN THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION.
>> DON'T GO TOO FAR AWAY.
WE WILL ASK THAT THE CLERK GIVE
YOU YOUR OATH OF OFFICE.
>> RYAN, ONCE AGAIN ITS MY HONOR
TO ADMINISTER YOUR OFFICIAL OATH
OF OFFICE.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND
REPEAT AFTER ME.
I, RYAN P VANCIL.
>> I RYAN P VANCIL.
>> ENTER OR AFFIRM.
>> ENTER -- AND THE
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE FOR THE
POSITION OF.
>> FOR THE POSITION OF.
>> HEARING EXAMINER OF THE CITY
OF SEATTLE.
>> HEARING EXAMINER OF THE CITY
OF SEATTLE.
>> THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
STATES.
>> THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
STATES.
>> THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE
OF WASHINGTON.
>> THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE
OF WASHINGTON.
>> AND THE CHARTER AND
ORDINANCES.
>> THE CHARTER AND ORDINANCES.
>> OF THE CITY OF SEAT TLE.
>> AND THE CITY OF SEAT TLE.
>> PLEASE SIGN HERE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THANK YOU MR. VANCIL.
OKAY PLEASE READ THE NEXT TWO
AGAIN EMS INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEMS THREE AND
FOUR.
THE APPOINTMENT OF TANYA WOO FOR
A TERM TO NOVEMBER 30TH, 2019
AND THE REAPPOINTMENT OF SERGIO
MAX LEGON-TALAMONI FOR A TERM TO
DECEMBER 31st 2021.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE DISTRICT IS ONE OF SEATTLE'S
EIGHT HISTORIC DISTRICTS.
IT'S A COLLECTION OF EARLY 20TH
CENTRAL COMMERCIAL AND HOTEL
BUILDINGS.
THE DISTRICT WAS ESTABLISHED BY
THE CITY SEATTLE THROUGH AN
ORDINANCE IN 1973 TO PRESERVE
THE DISTRICT'S UNIQUE
ASIAN-AMERICAN CHARACTER AND TO
ENCOURAGE REHABILITATION OF
AREAS FOR HOUSING AND PEDESTRIAN
ORIENTED BUSINESSES.
I'M VERY PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE
CONSIDERATION FOR TANYA WOO.
TANYA WAS BORN AND RAISED IN
SEATTLE AND SHE GREW UP IN THE
BEACON HILL NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE
CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT.
HER GRANDPARENTS AND PARENTS ARE
LIFELONG COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS.
SHES PARTICIPATED IN VOLUNTEERS
IN MANY OF THE ORGANIZATIONS AND
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT
THE HER ENTIRE LIFE.
SHE'S WORKED IN SEVERAL ROLES IN
JOURNALISM FOR MUCH OF HER
CAREER WHICH INCLUDES WORKING AT
KING 5 FOR TEN YEARS.
HER FAMILY IS A PARTIAL OWNER OF
THE HOTEL.
SHE DOTES ALL OF HER TIME TO THE
HOTEL REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND
PROHIBITION MURAL RESTORATION.
VERY PLEASED TO HAVE TANYA AS
PART OF THE BOARD.
MR. LEGON-TALAMONI IS TRAINED IN
ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN AND HAS
WORKED BOTH LOCALLY AND
INTERNATIONALLY ON COMMUNITY
DRIVEN DESIGN AND PROJECTS.
SERGIO WORKS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
WORKS AND SERVES ON THE BOARD OF
ARCHITECTS WITHOUT BORDERS.
HE GREW UP IN SOUTH SEATTLE AND
HAS A GREAT FAMILIARITY WITH THE
DISTRICT AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER
AND AS A PASS APPLICANT WHO
PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED TO THE
BOARD.
HE'S COMPLETING HIS FIRST TWO
YEAR TERM.
THIS IS A REAPPOINTMENT.
SO WITH THAT I'M PLEASED TO
REQUEST THAT THE FULL COUNCIL
CONSIDER THEM TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL REVIEW
DISTRICT BOARD FOR TERM
CONFIRMATION TO DECEMBER 31st
2021.
ANY QUESTIONS?
GREAT.
OKAY, THOSE IN FAVOR OF
CONFIRMING THESE OUTSTANDING
APPOINTMENTS PLEASE VOTE I.
>> I.
>> THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND
APPOINTMENTS ARE CONFIRMED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SERVING.
TANYA AND SERGIO.
SHE IS NOT HERE.
PLEASE READ THE NEXT A
I DEN THAT IT -- AGENDA ITEM
INTO THE RECORD
>> A PROPOSITION TO LIFT
THE LIMIT ON REGULAR PROPERTY
TAXES UNDER CHAPTAL 8 #46789
55RCW AND -- THE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE BILL
PASSES AMENDED.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
SO, YOU KNOW THIS HAS BEEN QUITE
A PROCESS.
I'M GLAD WE ARE FINALLY HERE.
IN 2012 SEATTLE VOTERS APPROVED
ACCESS TO CRITICAL EDUCATIONAL
AND LITERACY RESOURCES FOR EVERY
RESIDENT BY PASSING A SEVEN YEAR
$120 MILLION LIBRARY LEVY.
LEVY FUNDS CONCLUDED BY THE END
OF THIS YEAR -- TO ASSESS A
PROPOSED RENEWAL TO CONTINUE
SERVICES.
I AM PROUD AND HONORED TO HAVE
CHAIRED THIS COMMITTEE.
AS A COMMITTEE WE CLOSELY
EXAMINE THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL
WHICH SLATED TO CONTINUE
BASELINE SERVICES WHILE KEEPING
UP WITH THE DEMANDS AFTER
GROWING CITY.
WHICH INCLUDE -- I'M SORRY
IF FOUR ARE THE OPEN HOURS AND
ACCESS, COLLECTIONS, TECHNOLOGY,
ONLINE SERVICES, SAFETY AND
MAINTENANCE.
SEISMIC.
LIBRARIES ARE THE PEOPLE'S
UNIVERSITY.
THEY ARE THE MOST PUBLIC OF
INSTITUTIONS SINCE OUR COUNTRY'S
FOUNDING.
IT PROVIDES MORE SERVICES THAN
EVER IN THESE PAST DECADES.
THEY ARE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS
THAT GIVE GREATER ACCESS TO
LEARNING, BOOKS, ELECTRONICS,
MEDIA EQUIPMENT AND MUCH, MUCH
MORE INCLUDING LIBRARY TIME FOR
LITTLE ONES FOR READING AND FOR
ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE.
AT ITS CORE LIBRARIES HAVE BEEN
SERVING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AND
TRANSFORMING LIVES.
I HOPE WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT
LIBRARIES AS WE DO WITH OTHER
INSTITUTIONS AS THEY EVOLVE.
LAST WEEK THE COMMITTEE APPROVED
THREE AMENDMENTS THAT STRENGTHEN
PROPOSAL.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALEZ.
SECOND I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL
MEMBER O' BRIEN FOR HIS
AMENDMENT FOR THE PROPOSED IN
THE ADDITIONAL OPENING HOURS.
FINALLY I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL
MEMBER MOSQUEDA WHO WORKED VERY
CLOSELY WITH OUR OFFICE IN
ADDING THE SPECIALIST PROGRAM
FOR YOUTH.
THANK YUFL ALL OF YOU.
A TOTAL COMMITTEE HAS PRESENTED
FROM THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL IS AN
ESTIMATED $219 MILLION.
THEY RECOMMEND THE CITY COUNCIL
PASS THE BILL AS AMENDED AND
HOPEFULLY OR I HOPE THAT THIS
WILL BE ON THE AUGUST 6, 2019,
BALLOT.
AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK CENTRAL
STAFF FOR DOING A FABULOUS JOB
IN BRIEFING US.
AND PUT TOGETHER MUCH OF
THE PRIME WORK IN THE ANALYSIS
AND OF COURSE I WANT TO THANK MY
COLLEAGUES FOR SUPPORTING THIS
VERY IMPORTANT LEVY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
JUAREZ.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS
ON THIS LEGISLATION?
COUNCIL MEMBER BAGSHAW.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ THANK YOU
FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS.
JUST AS IN SOME OF THE FROM
EVOUS ITEMS I APPRECIATE VERY
MUCH YOUR ORGANIZATION GETTING
THAT INFORMATION TO US EARLY AND
KEEPING THE BOOKS UPDATED.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR
LEADERSHIP IN THIS AS WELL.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER OUR LIBRARY
FOUNDATION OR FRIENDS AT THE
LIBRARY ARE HERE BUT HAVING THAT
KIND OF A ROBUST COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT ON THE FRONT END IS
REALLY HELPFUL.
I'M FULLY SUPPORT I OF THIS.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD PACKAGE.
ONE THAT IS TEMPERED BUT STILL
ADDRESSES THE NEEDS OF THE
PEOPLE'S UNIVERSITY.
I WANT TO ADD ONE THING.
I WANT TO THANK -- I'M SORRY.
I DID NOT SEE YOU SITTING OUT
THERE BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH AND
YOUR STAFF FORGETTING ALL OF THE
MATERIAL BACK TO US.
I KNOW WE PUSHED A LOT OF
DEADLINES ON YOU AND ASKED YOU
FOR TONS OF INFORMATION AND
STATISTICS AND TRENDS AND MORE
INFORMATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> ANY FURTHER COMMENTS?
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT AND
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR WHO HELPED
SHEPHERD THIS LIBRARY LEVY
THROUGH THE PROCESS.
IT WAS GREAT TO WORK WITH CHAIR
JUAREZ AND THE SELECT COMMITTEE
AND ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES TO HELP
STRENGTHEN THE PACKAGE WE ARE
BRINGING TO VOTERS THIS AUGUST.
I WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS ON THE
FRONT LINE.
I'M VERY, VERY HONORED TO HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH YOU TO
GET INTO THIS LEVY T. ABILITY TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE COMMUNITY
SERVICE OFFICERS WHO ARE SERVING
OUR YOUTH ACROSS THE CITY IN
MORE LOCATIONS.
ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO ARE
SELF IDENTIFYING AS HOMELESS.
MAKING SURE WE ARE CONNECTING
THEM TO HOUSE SERG VISES, HEALTH
SERVICES AND EDUCATIONAL AND JOB
OPPORTUNITIES.
WE HEARD FROM FOLKS WHO CAME TO
TESTIFY THAT SOMETIMES OUR
LIBRARIES UNINTENTIONALLY BEING
USED AS A DAY CENTERS.
THE LIBRARIANS, THE FOLKS
WORKING ON THE FRONT LINE ARE
PROVIDING TREMENDOUS SERVICE TO
THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE AND WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE IS
COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS THERE
TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
CONNECTING THOSE WHO ARE SELF
IDENTIFYING AS BEING WITHOUT
SHELTER INTO APPROPRIATE SHELTER
AND SERVICES.
I SEE THIS AS A HUGE WORK TO
WHAT YOU ARE ALREADY DOING.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
THE COUNCIL AND THE BUDGET CHAIR
AS WE THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE
OTHER OPPORTUNITIES GOING
FORWARD AROUND CHILD CARE AND
GREATER SECURITY FOR OUR FOLKS
WHO ARE BOTH PATRONS AND WORKERS
AT THE LIBRARY.
THANK YOU AND THANKS TO YOUR
TEAM AND TO THE BOARD FOR ALL
YOU DO.
THANK YOU CHAIR JUAREZ FOR YOUR
WORK WITH US.
>> THANK YOU.
AND I WILL JUST SAY A FEW
PARTING WORDS.
THANK YOU AGAIN.
THANK YOU FOR SHEPHERDING THIS
THROUGH.
THE LIBRARIES HAS ALWAYS BEEN
VERY PERSONAL TO ME.
MY MOTHER SPENT MOST OF HER
CAREER AT THE LIBRARY AND
RETIRED FROTH LIBRARY.
I JUST THINK IT'S SO KRIT
CRITICAL FOR THIS TO PASS.
SOMETIMES DIFFICULT CONVERSATION
WE HAD LOOKING AT THE FINANCE OF
THIS OF WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO
DO WERE GOOD CONVERSATIONS.
ITS SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST BRICK
AND MORTER.
THE LIBRARIES ARE JUST ONE
OF OUR MOST TREASURED GEMS.
I THINK THE HARD WORK WILL BEGIN
AFTER THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT --
EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT AND SO
IT WILL BE MY PLEASURE IN
SUPPORTING THIS LEGISLATION.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE HARD
WORK THAT WENT INTO IT.
HAVING SAID THAT, PLEASE CALL
THE ROLE ON THE PASSAGE OF THE
BILL.
>> O' BRIEN.
>> I.
>> SAWANT.
>> I.
>> BAGSHAW.
>> I GONZALEZ.
>> I.
>> HERBOLD.
>> I.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> PRESIDENT HARRELL.
>> I.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> BILL PASSED AND THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT GLADLY.
OKAY.
PLEASE READ THE NEXT AGAIN
AGENDA ITEM
INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM 6.
COUNCIL BILL 119494, AN
ORDINANCE RELATING TO KING
COUNTY FUTURES LEVY PROCEEDS.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ.
>> THANK YOU.
IT WILL STREAMLINE THE
CONSERVATION FUTURE LEVY, THE
CFL, THE PROCESS.
THIS UPGRADED PROCESS WILL ALLOW
FASTER REIMBURSE FOR A MOMENT
SEATTLE CFL PROJECTS THAT HAVE
BEEN AWARDED FUNDING BY THE KING
COUNTY COUNCIL T. DEVELOPMENT
PUBLIC ASSETS AND NATIVE
COMMUNITIES Y DISCUSSED THESE
ITEMS
LAST WEEK.
>> OPEN.
>> I.
>> SAWANT.
>> I.
>> BAGSHAW.
>> I.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> I.
>> HERBOLD.
>> I.
>> JUAREZ.
>> I.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> PRESIDENT HARRELL.
>> I.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSES AND THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT.
>> PLEASE READ THE NEXT AGAIN EM
EM.
>> AN ORDINANCE RELATED TO
MONITORING AND INSPECTING VACANT
BUILDINGS FOR COMPLIANCE ARE THE
REQUIREMENTS OF THE HOUSING AN
BUILDINGS MAINTENANCE CODE T.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE BILL
PASS.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER O' BRIEN.
>> THANK YOU.
JUST REALLY BRIEFLY THIS
ORDINANCE WOULD IMPLEMENT A NEW
SET OF RULES FOR INSPECTING
VACANT BUILDINGS.
>> SO THIS IS LEGISLATION THAT I
SPONSORED POST BUDGET CYCLE LAST
YEAR.
DURING THE BUDGET THE COUNCIL
ACTED ON -- AN AMENDMENT TO THE
EXISTING MANDATORY -- I'M SORRY
NOT MANDATORY, VACANT BUILDING
MONITORING PROGRAM.
THESE RECOMMENDATIONS CAME OUT
OF A COUPLE OF YEARS PROCESSED
THAT COUNCIL HAD ENGAGED IN.
WE BOTH HIRED OR FUNDED THE
HIRING OF A STAFF PERSON AT STCI
TO MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON
THOUSAND APPROVE THE VACANT
BUILDING MONITORING PROGRAM AND
WE ALSO INDICATED IN A PRIOR
PIECE OF LEGISLATION WE INTENDED
TO MAKE THESE CHANGES IN LAST
YEAR'S BUDGET CYCLE.
BECAUSE OF THE CONCERNS THAT THE
EXECUTIVE HAD ABOUT THOSE
CHANGES WE AGREED TO HAVE THEM
NOT GOING GO INTO EFFECT TILL
THE BEGINNING OF JUNE.
WE ADDRESSED SOME OF THE
CONCERNS THEY HAD PRIOR TO IT
GOING IN EFFECT.
SO THE CHANGES TO THE PROGRAM
WILL MODIFY FEES FOR BUILDINGS
FOUND TO MEET THE A ROW
CHOIRMENTS OF THE CODE TO BETTER
REFLECT THE COST OF THE IN#13EKS
TO THE -- DEPARTMENT OF
CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTIONS.
AGAIN THIS IS INTENDED TO BE A
FEE NEUTRAL PROGRAM.
THE FEES ASSOCIATED WITH
INSPECTING THESE BUILDINGS HAVE
INTENDED TO PAY FOR THE
INSPECTIONS THEMSELVES.
IT ALSO ALLOWLESS BUILDINGS TO
FALL OFF OF THE MONITORING LIST.
AND THEN FINALLY THE
AMENDMENTS ALLOW THE CITY TO
ENROLL BUILDINGS AFTER ONE
VIOLATION IF THAT VIOLATION IS
NOT REMEDIED BY THE COMPLIANCE
STATE ESTABLISHED IN THE OR IF
THERE ARE SUBSEQUENT VIOLATIONS
WITHIN 345 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF
THE FIRST NOTICE.
AGAIN JUST THE BIG PICTURE THE
REASON THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT
IS WE HAVE SEEN HOW MUCH DAMAGE
COULD BE DONE TO A VACANT
BUILDING THAT IS NOT BEING
MAINTAINED IN A WAY THAT IS
CONSISTENT WITH THE CITIES
EXISTING -- VACANT BUILDING
CODE.
THOSE ARE -- REQUIREMENTS
THAT -- REALLY ARE FOCUSED ON
BOARDING UP THE PROPERTY SO THAT
PEOPLE CANNOT ACCESS IT AND SO
THAT THEY CAN'T BE -- MAGNETS
FOR CRIME AND OTHER UNLAWFUL
ACTIVITY.
WE FOUND THROUGH OUR REVIEW OF
THE EXISTING PROGRAM THAT --
POLICE AND FIRE ARE OFTEN HAVING
TO GO OUT TO THESE PROPERTIES
HUNDREDS OF TIMES.
RATHER THAN EITHER
MAINTAINING THEM AS OCCUPIED
BUILDINGS FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE IN
OR MOVING FORWARD WITH THEIR
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS CAUSE MANY
OF THESE PROPERTIES ARE WITHIN
THE DEVELOPMENT REDEVELOPMENT
PROCESS AND CYCLE.
>> VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS ON THIS BILL?
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
OH, AND I MIGHT NEED I.T.
LATER
ON CAUSE I JUST SPILL ADD BUNCH
OF WATER ON MY KEYBOARD.
OOPS.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I WAS
ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS
DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS THAT
EXPRESSED SOME RESERVATIONS AND
CONCERNS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR
PROGRAM AS IT WAS BEING PROPOSED
IN WANTING TO MAKE SURE WHATEVER
APPROACH THE CITY TOOK WAS ONE
THAT WAS GOING TO BE RESPONSIVE
TO THE REALITIES AROUND THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAM
AND REALLY WANT TO APPRECIATE
THE WORK THAT COUNCIL MEMBER
HERBOLD HAS DONE AS THE PRIME
SPONSOR ON THIS BILL TO MAKE
SURE THE FLEXIBILITY IS GOING DO
CONTINUE TO EXIST WITHIN THE
PROGRAM BUT ALSO MAKING SURE WE
ARE MANAGING COMMUNITY NEIGHBORS
EXPECTATIONS ABOUT THE CITY'S
OBLIGATIONS TO RESPOND TO WHAT
ARE REAL, REAL CONCERNS WITHIN
THE COMMUNITY.
I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR --
HARD WORK OVER LONG PERIOD OF
TIME TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THOSE
WHAT I THINK WERE REASONABLE
CONCERNS SURROUNDING LIMITATION
AND -- EXCITED TO BE AT A PLACE
NOW WHERE I AM SUPPORTIVE OF
THIS LEGISLATION.
>> THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
THE NOT PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON
THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL.
>> O' BRIEN.
>> I.
>> SAWANT.
>> I.
>> BAGSHAW.
>> I.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> I.
>> HERBOLD.
>> I.
>> JUAREZ.
>> I.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> I.
>> PRESIDENT HARRELL.
>> I.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
>> THE BILL PASSED AND THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT.
PLEASE READ THE NEXT AGENDA
ITEM INTO THE RECORD.
>> A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE
EFFECTS OF THE NORTH DELRIDGE
COMMUNITY TO PREPARE AN ACTION
PLAN FOR THEIR COMMUNITY.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER O' BRIEN.
>> THANK YOU.
THIS RESOLUTION WOULD RECOGNIZE
THE NORTH DELRIDGE ACTION PLAN.
WE HAD A GOOD DISCUSSION.
LIKE THE LAST ITEM WILL ALSO
REFER TO MY COLLEAGUE COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I SHOULD ALSO THANK THE CHAIR
FOR HIS WILLINGNESS TO HAVE BOTH
OF THESE PIECES OF LEGISLATION
IN A COMMITTEE THAT DIDN'T
NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE MOVED FOR
WARD AND THIS WAS SORT OF A HOLD
OVER LEGISLATION FROM PREVIOUS
CHAIR ROB JOHNSON'S COMMITTEE
CHAIR SHIP.
I REALLY APPRECIATE COUNCIL
MEMBER O' BRIEN FULFILLING THOSE
COMMITMENTS.
TO DEVELOP THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD
úPLAN, THE ACTION PLAN ITSELF
IDENTIFIES SIX SEPARATE PRIORITY
AREAS.
ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HEALTHY
FOOD, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION
CHOICES, A HEALTHY LONG CREEK
BAY EXPLAIN SUPPORT OF PARKS AND
CULTURAL FACILITIES.
SO WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR
MOVEMENT ON FUNDING SOME OF
THESE PRIORITY AREAS IN THE
BUDGET PROCESS THIS YEAR AND
FINALLY THE RESOLUTION REQUEST
THAT THE OFFICE OF PLANNING
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND
MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AS
IDENTIFIED BY THE COMMUNITY IN
THE ACTION PLAN IN THE 2035 COMP
PLAN FOR CONSIDERATION IN 2020.
I HAVE A VERY SMALL AMENDMENT I
MENTIONED IN BRIEFINGS THIS
MORNING.
I WILL PASS IT OUT.
IT JUST MAKES THE CHANGE TO ONE
OF THE ACTION PLAN PRIORITY
ACTIONS TO JUST CLARIFY THAT ONE
OF THE ACTION ITEMS ITS SUCCESS
MOVING FORWARD REALLY RELIES ON
OUR ABILITY TO COORDINATE
EFFORTS WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS.
FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE
AMENDMENT 1 WHICH IS CONTAINED
IN ATTACHMENT B THE NORTH
DELRIDGE ACTION PLAN PRIORITY
ACTIONS.
>> MOVING IT TO MAKE THE
AMENDMENT AS DESCRIBED BY
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
THIS IS JUST THE AMENDMENT VOTE.
ALL THOSE -- ANY QUESTIONS ON
SNIT.
>> JUST A QUICK QUESTION IF I
MAY.
>> PLEASE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD JUST
WANT TO CONFIRM THE LANGUAGE YOU
JUST HANDED OUT NOW IS THE SAME
AS WHAT YOU HANDED OUT THIS
MORNING.
>> IT IS.
>> OKAY, GREAT.
>> WE HAD HIT THE MORNING.
WE ARE GOOD TO GO.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE VOTE
I.
>> I.
>> OPPOSE.
>> I JUST WANT TO THANK THE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO
PARTICIPATED IN THE DEVELOPMENT
OF THE ACTION PLAN.
AGAIN, FOR SEVERAL YEARS THIS
HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.
I WANT TO THAN ALSO DAVID
GOLDBURG AT THE OFFICE OF
PLANNING DEVELOPMENT FOR
SHEPHERDING THE PROCESS.
>> VERY GOOD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING
THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED PLEASE
VOTE I.
>> I.
>> THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO.
THE MOTION CARRIES.
THE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED AND
THE CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
PLEASE READ THE NEXT TWO --
ITEMS PLEASE.
>> THE REPORT OF THE SUSTAIN
ABILITY AND TRANSPORTATION
COMMITTEE AGENDA ITEMS
9 AND 10.
FOR TERMS TO MARCH 31, 20202 --
2022.
>> THANK YOU.
SPECIALIZING IN URBAN
NATURAL RESOURCE PLANNING AND HE
TEACHES AT ANTIOCH SEATTLE
UNIVERSITY AND UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON.
>> VERY GOOD.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
THOSE IF FAVOR OF CONFIRMING
PLEASE VOTE I.
>> I.
>> THOSE OPPOSED VOTE I.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE
APPOINTMENTS ARE CONFIRMED.
PLEASE READ ITEMS 11 THROUGH 15.
>> AGENDA ITEMS 11 THROUGH 15.
APPOINTMENTS 1289 THROUGH 1293.
THE APPOINTMENTS OF CAROL
KACHADOORIAN, HAN-JUNG KO -- AS
MEMBERS FOR TERMS ENDING MARCH
31, 2021.
THE COMMIT RECOMMENDS THE
AAPPOINTMENTS BE CONFIRMED.
>> THANK YOU.
WE HEARD A LOT OF INTEREST IN
CONTINUING TO PUSH THE CITY TO
MAKE SURE OUR ALL OF OUR RIGHT
OF WAYS, SAFE FOR ALL
TRANSPORTATION USERS.
CAROL IS AN ACTIVE
TRANSPORTATION PLANNER.
HAN-JUNG IS A RESEARCH
SCIENTIST.
ANNA IS THE PROGRAM
DIRECTOR AT DISABILITY RIGHTS
WASHINGTON.
THE VISUAL IMPAIRMENT SO THEY
DON'T DRIVE.
PATRICIA IS A MASTER IN URBAN
PLANNING.
DAVID IS A VOLUNTEER HOPING TO
TRANSFORM SEATTLE STREET STREETS
THAT ARE SAFE FOR ALL.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER O'
BRIEN.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON
THESE APPOINTEES?
OKAY, THOSE IN FAVOR OF
CONFIRMING PLEASE VOTE I.
>> I.
>> THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO.
THE MOTION CARRIES.
THE APPOINTMENTS ARE CONFIRMED.
PLEASE READ THE REPORT OF THE
HOUSING, HEALTH, ENERGY AND
WORKER'S RIGHTS COMMITTEE.
>> THE REPORT AGAIN ITEM 16
RESOLUTION 31879.
A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING A SAFE
AND RESPONSIVE WORKPLACE IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE'S LEGISLATIVE
DEPARTMENT -- THE COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS A RESOLUTION BE
ADOPTED.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH
MR. PRESIDENT O. TV LAST .
OVER THE LAST YEAR -- I'VE BEEN
CONSTANTLY WORKING TO TRY TO
MAKE SURE WE ARE CREATING SAFE
WORKPLACES.
THAT MEANS NOT JUST SAFE FROM
HAZARDS AND INJURY BUT ALSO SAFE
FROM INTIMIDATION, HARASSMENT
AND RETALIATION.
I'M REALLY SIEKTSED THAT THIS
COUNCIL AND THE CITY AT LARGE
HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN A
CONVERSATION TO RESPOND TO THE
ME TOO MOVEMENT AND TO MAKE SURE
THAT THOSE WHO ARE SPEAKING UP
AND SPEAKING THEIR TRUTH TO
POWER, THAT THOSE WHO ARE
SHARING THEIR EXPERIENCES OF
RETALIATION OR INTIMIDATION OR
EVEN ASSAULT AND HARASSMENT ARE
HAVING THEIR WORDS MET WITH
ACTION.
TODAY I'M EXCITED TO MOVE
FORWARD THE RESOLUTION THAT
LOOKS INTERN TOLL OURINTERNAL TO
OUR
DEPARTMENT.
-- TO MAKING SURE
WE ARE LEARNING FROM THE STORIES
DIRECTLY FROM FRONT LINE WORKERS
AND INCORPORATING
ANTI-HARASSMENT AND PREVENTION
TRAINING ON THE FRONT END.
I'VE BEEN EXCITED TO PARTICIPATE
AND LEARN FROM THE FOLKS ON THE
TASK FORCE AS WE TALKED ABOUT
WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN CHANGE THE
CITY'S RESPONSE TO CREATING
INCLUSIVE AND WELCOMING
WORKPLACE AND NOW AS WE MOVE
FORWARD WITH LOOKING AT OUR OWN
DEPARTMENT POLICIES WE HAVE SUCH
AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO
BUILD ON THAT WORK ON THE
LEADERSHIP OF OUR DEPARTMENT
LEADERS AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE
A RESPONSIVE RESOLUTION.
THIN CORPORATES THE VOICE OF
CITY WORKERS ON THE FRONT LINE
FROM SILENCE BREAKERS, FROM
CHANGE TEAM MAKERS AND FROM
LABOR UNIONS.
WE ASK THEM DIRECTLY WHAT THEY
WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN TERMS OF
AMENDING OUR POLICIES AND
PROCEDURES SO THAT WE CANNOT
ONLY ENSURE THOSE GETTING
ELECTED ADD HERE TO THESE
REQUIREMENTS FOR A SAFE AND
RESPECTFUL WORKPLACE BUT THAT WE
ARE ALSO MAKING SURE AS STAFF
WERE RESPONSIVE AND -- CREATING
A SAFE PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO COME
AND SHARE COMMENTS HERE AND THAT
AS ELECTS AND STAFF WE HAVE A WE
EXPECT OF OUR COMMUNICATION WITH
THE PUBLIC AT LARGE AS WELL.
I'M EXCITED TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE FOLKS WHO HAVE ENGAGED WITH
US FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF
THAT RESOLUTION WILL CONTINUE TO
HAVE A ROLE IN HELPING US SHAPE
WHAT THE POLICY CHANGES WILL BE
GOING FORWARD AND THAT OUR
WORKPLACE RESOLUTION IS ABOUT
SETTING THE TABLE, MAKING SURE
THOSE WHO HAVE HAD DIRECT
EXPERIENCES OF INTIMIDATION OR
HARASSMENT ARE HELPING US
UNDERSTAND BETTER WHAT WE CAN DO
TO UPDATE OUR PERSONNEL
POLICIES.
WE ARE REAFFIRMING OUR
COMMITMENT TODAY THAT STAFF
SHOULD BE TREATED WITH RESPECT.
WE ARE ALSO MAKING SURE WE ARE
STEPPING UP IN CREATING NOT JUST
A PLACE FOR ONE TIME ADVICE TO
BE GIVEN BEEN AN ONGOING WORK
GROUP SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO
ADVISE US AS ELECTS IN AND OUR
DEPARTMENT LEADERS ON POLICIES
AND PRACTICES.
I WANT TO THANK HER FOR HER
SUPPORT AND TO THE FRONT LINE
WORKERS WHO ARE PROVIDED
FEEDBACK AND IDEAS.
WE AGAIN HERE IN PUBLIC OFFICE
ARE HOPING TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE AS
PUBLIC EMPLOYERS WE WANT TO SHOW
ACROSS THE CITY WHAT IT MEANS TO
STAND UP AND BE RESPONSIVE AND
GOOD EMPLOYERS, HIGH ROAD
EMPLOYERS AS WE RESPOND TO THE
ME TOO MOVEMENT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
MR. PRESIDENT.
WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE FULL
COUNCIL'S SUPPORT AS WE MOVE
THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM
ANY OF THE COLLEAGUES?
OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA, I JUST
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP AND FOR WORKING ALL
THE -- THE CONSTITUENTS AND THE
ISSUES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE
ARE LEADING BY EXAMPLE AND
CERTAINLY YOUR COMMITMENT IS A
LEAD WE SHOULD ALL FOLLOW.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
LEADERSHIP.
OKAY, THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING
THE RESOLUTION PLEASE VOTE I.
>> I.
>> THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO.
THE MOTION CARRIES.
THE RESOLUTION SAY DON'TED IS
ADOPTED AND THE CHAIR
WILL SIGN IT.
>> THE REPORT OF THE GENDER
EQUITY SAFE COMMUNITIES AGENDA
ITEM 17, AN ORDINANCE RELATING
TO THE 2018 FAMILIES EDUCATION
PRESCHOOL AND PROMISE LEVY.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT HARRELL IF
I MAY REQUEST THAT THE CLERIC
ALSO READ AGENDA ITEMS 18 AND 19
INTO THE RECORD.
I WOULD LIKE SPEAK TO ALL THREE
OF THEM AT ONCE.
>> EXCELLENT.
PLEASE DO THAT.
>> RESOLUTION 31881, A
RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE 2018
FAMILIES EDUCATION PRESCHOOL AND
APPROVING A PARTNERSHIP
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND THE SEATTLE COLLEGE
DISTRICT AND AGENDA ITEM 19.
A RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE
2018 FAMILIES EDUCATION
PRESCHOOL AND PROMISE LEVY
APPROVING A PARTNERSHIP.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE
RESOLUTIONS BE APPROVED.
ADOPTED.
>> WE WILL VOTE ON THEM
INDIVIDUALLY OF COURSE.
>> I SPOKE TO ALL THREE OF THESE
PIECES OF LEGISLATION DURING
COUNCIL BRIEFING TODAY.
I WON'T REHASH ALL OF THE
REMARKS I MADE THIS MORNING
SINCE I -- KNOW THAT I SPENT
QUITE SOMETIME GOING THROUGH ALL
OF THE DETAILS OF THE AMENDED
VERSION OF THE COUNCIL BILL AND
I WALKED US THROUGH THE BARE
COMPONENTS OF THE PARTNERSHIP
AGREEMENTS WITH OUR PARTNERS.
I DO JUST WANT TO -- SAY THAT
THE -- BILL, UNDER THE LIGHT
BILL WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY
TRANSMITTED BY THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE, THE CITY COUNCIL IN THIS
PARTICULAR VERSION OF THE BILL
IS IT INCLUDES NINE DIFFERENT
AMENDMENTS FROM COMMITTEE WORK.
MY COMMITTEE ALL REALLY CENTERED
AROUND MAKING SURE THAT THE
IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION
PLAN AS PRESENTED IN THIS
COUNCIL BILL IS IN ALIGNMENT
WITH THE -- THE PRIORITIES OF
THE CITY COUNCIL AS ADOPTED BOTH
IN THE ORDINANCE AND IN THE
RESOLUTION THAT WE ALL
CONSIDERED LAST YEAR BEFORE THE
LEVY WENT TO VOTERS FOR THEIR
CONSIDERATION IN THE FALL.
AND AGAIN I WON'T THOSE POINTS.
I WENT THROUGH THEM PRETTY
THOROUGHLY THIS MORNING DURING
COUNCIL BRIEFING.
I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT HAVING
THE COUNCIL BILL IN FRONT OF US
THAT THE JUNE SURE WHICH WILL
EFFECTIVELY PROVIDE
APPROPRIATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION AND EARLY LEARNING
IN ORDER FOR DEAL TO BE ABLE TO
BEGIN THE PROCESS OF CONTRACTING
OUT WITH PARTNERS TO -- BEGIN
THE PROCESS OF INVESTING TAX
PAYER DOLLARS IN THE VARIOUS
AREAS OF EDUCATION BOTH FROM
PRESCHOOL TO -- THE K-12 SYSTEM
AND OF COURSE BY ESTABLISHING A
SUSTAINABLE REVENUE STREAM FOR
THE SEATTLE PROMISE PROGRAM
WHICH WILL PROVIDE TWO FREE
YEARS OF COLLEGE FOR HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATES OF OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
AND SO COUNCIL BILL -- 119480
WOULD ACCOMPLISH ALL OF THOSE
THINGS CONSISTENT WITH THE LEVY
AS ADOPTED AND APPROVED BY THE
VOTERS.
AND OF COURSE OUR LEVY OVER
SIGHT COMMITTEE ALSO CONSIDERED
THE BILL AND THE RESOLUTIONS
THAT I'M ABOUT TO TALK TO AND
RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL
APPROVE ALL OF THE ABOVE.
THE TWO RESOLUTIONS THAT WE WILL
CONSIDER 31881 AND 31882 ARE
RESOLUTIONS THAT WOULD APPROVE
THE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS
BETWEEN SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT
NUMBER 1 AND THE SEATTLE SCHOOL
COLLEGE DISTRICT.
THESE ARE OUR FIRST TWO
IDENTIFIED PARTNERS AS IT
RELATED TO THE K-12 INVESTMENTS
AND THE SEATTLE PROMISE PROGRAM
AND AGAIN THE LEVY COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THE CITY COUNCIL
ADOPT THOSE RESOLUTIONS.
I WILL ALSO NOTE THAT AS IT
RELATED TO THE CITY SCHOOL
DISTRICT THE SEATTLE SCHOOL
BOARD DID REVIEW AND CONSIDER
THE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS AND
THEY APPROVED THOSE
PARTNERSHIP -- THAT PARTNERSHIP
AGREEMENT LAST WEEK DURING THEIR
SEATTLE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.
I WILL JUST END BY SAYING A FEW
THANK YOUS.
THERE SOME FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE
TODAY AND SOME WHO COULDN'T BE
HERE TODAY.
I DO WANT TO THANK SOME FOLKS
BEFORE WE TAKE A FINAL VOTE.
I'D LIKE TO THANK CHANCELLOR PAM
FROM THE SEATTLE COLLEGES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH
US THIS AFTERNOON.
AND DR. EDWARDS ALSO HERE FROM
SEATTLE COLLEGES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO BOTH OF YOU
FOR YOUR -- ON GOING PARTNERSHIP
AND MAKING SURE WE GOT THE MODEL
JUST RIGHT AND THAT WE ARE
CENTERING THE PROGRAM ON THOSE
STUDENTS WHO HAVE THE LEAST
AMOUNT OF ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY
TO PURSUE A COLLEGE DEGREE OR A
CERTIFICATION FOR A CAREER
AFTER -- AFTER GRADUATING FROM
HIGH SCHOOL.
REALLY THANK YOU TO BOTH OF YOU
FOR ALL OF THE WORK YOU HAVE
BEEN DOING AND FOR YOUR ON GOING
COMMITMENT TO -- MAKING COLLEGE
ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE FOR AS
MANY STUDENTS AS WE POSSIBLY CAN
SO THANK YOU BOTH.
ALSO WANTED TO THANK
SUPERINTENDENT DENISE AND HER
STAFF OVER AT THE SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER 1 FOR OF
THEIR ON GOING PARTNERSHIP AND
COOPERATION AND STRUCTURING OUR
EDUCATION INVESTMENTS IN A WAY
THAT WILL REALLY REALLY WRAP
AROUND A STUDENT WHO HAS
ADDITIONAL NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO
LEASH AND BE SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR
ACADEMICS.
I'VE ENJOYED GETTING TO KNOW AND
WORK WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT ON
THESE REALLY CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT ASSISTANT ISSUES AND
HAVE JUST BEEN REALLY HONORED TO
SHARE THAT SPACE WITH HER AND TO
REALLY SEE HER CENTER -- THE
ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF OUR
STUDENTS THAT ARE FURTHEST AWAY
FROM EDUCATIONAL JUSTICE WITHIN
THE SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOL
SYSTEM.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR
PARTNERSHIP.
EQUAL THANKS GO OUT TO THE
SEATTLE SCHOOL BOARD AND THEIR
MEMBERS.
REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR INSIGHT
AS WE CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THESE
INVESTMENTS AND AGAIN MAKING
SURE THAT THESE AGREEMENTS ARE
WORKABLE FOR THE SEATTLE SCHOOL
DISTRICT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO
MAKING SURE THAT THE INVESTMENTS
ARE BEING LEVERAGED AS POSSIBLE.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE
KEPT EDUCATION EARLY LEARNING
DIRECTOR AND ALL OF HIS STAFF
FOR ALL OF THEIR REALLY HARD
WORK IN SHEPHERDING THIS ALONG
OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF OR
SO.
WE HAVE ACTUALLY ALL
COLLECTIVELY BEEN WORKING ON THE
FAMILIES AND EDUCATION PRESCHOOL
AND PROMISE LEVY PROPOSAL AND
NOW IMPLEMENTATION PLAN SINCE
2017.
SO, IT HAS BEEN A LONG ROAD AND
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO
BE AT THIS JUNK SURE WHERE WE
CAN GIVE OUR FINAL VOTE OF
APPROVAL TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION AND EARLY LEARNING TO
BEGIN DEPLOYING THE DOLLARS AND
INVESTING IN OUR -- KID'S
THROUGH OUR PARTNERS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO DIRECTOR
WHO HAPPENED TO WALK IN.
IT IS LIKE HE HEARD ME.
AND TO ALL OF HIS STAFF FOR
REALLY BEING SO COMMITTED TO
THIS WORK AND TO -- THE KIDS OF
OUR CITY.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
ALSO WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR FOR
HER COOPERATION AND HER
STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO WORKING
WITH MY OFFICE AND WITH CITY
COUNCIL ON ADVANCING THESE
REALLY IMPORTANT AREAS OF
INVEST.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR
YOUR ON GOING PARTNERSHIP AND
WANTING TO CONTINUE TO WORK IN
THE SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION TO
MAKE SURE WE GIVE OUR KIDS THE
GUEST OPPORTUNITY THEY CAN HAVE
AND THEN LASTLY IN MY OFFICE
WANTED TO THANK WHO REALLY
WORKED REALLY HARD AND
DILIGENTLY ON SHEPHERDING
THROUGH A LOT OF MY POLICY
PRIORITIES AND THIS
IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION
PLAN AND THE OVERALL LEVY AS
WHOLE.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK HER FOR
SHEPHERDING THROUGH A LOT OF HER
OWN PRIORITIES IN THIS LEVY TO
CONTINUE TO INVEST.
AND REALLY MAKING SURE WE ARE
CONTINUOUSLY CENTERING OUR WORK
ON THOSE STUDENTS WHO AGAIN ARE
FURTHEST AWAY FROM OPPORTUNITY.
AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST
WANTED TO THANK FORMER COLLEAGUE
ROB JOHNSON WHO WAS MY CO-CHAIR
ON THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON
EDUCATION AND REALLY WORKED
CLOSELY WITH ME AND MY STAFF AND
MY OFFICE TO JUST -- CONTINUE TO
CHAMPION THE NEEDS OF KIDS.
HE IS MISSED CAUSE HE IS NOT
HERE WITH US IN THE PHYSICAL
SENSE BUT HIS LEGACY WILL
CONTINUE TO LIVE ON IN THE WORK
THAT HE DID ON THIS PARTICULAR
LEVY.
WANT TO GIVE HIM A SHOUT OUT
ALSO FOR ALL OF HIS PARTNERSHIP.
I THINK THE ONLY THING HE DIDN'T
GET TO DO WAS TAKE A FINAL VOTE
IN COMMITTEE.
I KNOW HE'S WATCHING SO I WANT
TO THANK HIM FOR THAT AND --
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD
LIKE TO MOVE FOR THE COUNCIL TO
ADOPT THE BIL .
>> WELL DONE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> I WAS READY TO SECOND THAT
BECAUSE I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT
THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE.
I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU COULD
COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALEZ.
YOU MENTIONED YOU AND YOUR
CO-CHAIR HAVE BEEN WORKING ON
THIS YEARS.
THERE WAS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE AS
PEOPLE HAD TALKED ABOUT HOW LONG
THEY HAD BEEN WAITING FOR THIS
TO HAPPEN ZCHLT A HUGE AMOUNT OF
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND
EVERYTHING YOU GOT ACCOMPLISHED
IN THIS LEVY.
YOU HAD A GOOD DOCUMENT TO START
WITH AND MADE IT EVEN BETTER.
YOU MENTIONED A LEGACY AS WE
THINK ABOUT OUR FORMER COLLEAGUE
COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.
I THINK YOU SHOULD ALSO GIVE
YOURSELF A PAT ON THE BACK OR WE
WILL DO THAT FOR YOU FOR THE
LEGACY YOU HAVE ALSO INCLUDED IN
THIS LEGISLATION.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR
COLLEAGUES AND ESPECIALLY YOU AS
THE CHAIR.
THE AMENDMENT THAT WE GOT
IN AS YOU READ THIS MORNING ITEM
NUMBER 8 ENSURES OUR CITY
DOLLARS MAKE -- ENSURE OUR CITY
DOLLARS ARE PROVIDING A BASELINE
FOR PROTECTION FOR THE LABOR
POLICY THAT THE CITY HAS ALREADY
PASSED AND THAT WE DON'T FURTHER
ERODE THEM.
I THINK THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT
TO LIFT UP.
ESPECIALLY IN THE ERA OF THE
JANICE AND ATTACKS ON LABOR
NATIONALLY.
THAT WE CONTINUE TO STAND UP AND
SHOW WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A
STRONG UNION CITY TO SUPPORT
WORKERS ACROSS THE BOARD WHETHER
OR NOT THEY HAVE A COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENT OR NOT.
I APPLAUD YOU FOR INCLUDING THIS
IN THERE.
WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO MAKE
SURE OUR AMENDMENT WAS INCLUDED
BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE -- WE APPLAUD THE FACT
THAT WHEN WE HAVE HIGHER
UNIONIZATION RATES WE SEE HIGHER
RETENTION, LESS TURNOVER, LESS
STRESS AND IMPROVED HEALTH
OUTCOMES.
ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE GOOD FOR
OUR KIDS AND OUR CITY AT LARGE.
ITS IMPORTANT WE CONTINUE TO
APPLAUD THE GOOD WORK THAT OUR
PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE DOING BY
RECOGNIZING THE HARD TASK YOUNG
ALL HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU TO
RAISE OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS ALL
THE WAY THROUGH NOW.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO
AND TO YOUR FRONT LINE STAFF
FOR -- HELPING TO RAISE AND GROW
OUR KIDDOS IN THIS COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU PRESIDENT HARRELL.
THIS RESOLUTION ADOPTS THE
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN DETAILING
HOW THE FUNDING FROM EDUCATION
LEVY WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO
SCHOOLS AND PROGRAMS.
WHEN THE MAYOR FIRST MY OFFICE
WAS CONCERNED TO SEE THAT THE
MAYOR EXPLICITLY PUT IN THE PLAN
THAT FUNDING MIGHT GO TO CHARTER
SCHOOLS IN SEATTLE.
I DO NOT SUPPORT CHARTER SCHOOLS
AS AN INSTITUTION.
THEY ARE USED TO DESCEND
POWER -- AND THEIR UNIONS.
THEY REMOVE DEMOCRATIC OVER
SIGHT OF SCHOOLS AND DRAIN
RESOURCES FROM THE ALREADY --
EVER SINCE LABOR MOVEMENTS HAVE
WON PUBLIC EDUCATION THERE HAVE
BEEN RELENTLESS PROFIT DRIVEN
FORCES TRYING TO PRIVATIZE IT.
IN THE 90s THESE FORCES TRIED TO
PUSH FOR VOUCHERS THAT WOULD
TAKE FUNDS AND PUT THEM TO WHICH
PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
WHEN THEY FAILED TO WIN SUPPORT
FOR THAT, THEY STARTED PUSHING
FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS WHICH IN
MANY STATES THOUGH NOT IN
WASHINGTON STATE ARE OPERATED BY
FOR PROFIT COMPANIES WITH
DEVASTATING IMPACTS.
THE WALTONS, THE OWNERS OF
WAL-MART AND THE GATES
FOUNDATION BOTH ARE EXAMPLES OF
INSTITUTIONS THAT POUR MONEY
INTO CHARTER SCHOOLS.
EVEN IN CASES WHERE CHARTER
SCHOOLS MAY BE WELL RUN, THEY
SIPHON OFF FUNDING FROM THE
DISTRICT SCHOOLS HURTING
DEDICATION OF OTHER STUDENTS AND
OF COURSE WE KNOW THE MOST
ADVERSELY AFFECTED ARE VERY
LOW-INCOME AND POVERTY STRICKEN
COMMUNITIES WITH NO
ACCOUNTABILITY.
THEY ARE ALL RUN BY CHARTER
SCHOOL CHAINS OUT OF CALIFORNIA.
I HOPE THESE PROBLEMS ARE
CONSIDERED WHEN FUNDING SO MA
THEY DO NOT LOSE OUT.
I WILL VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN BECAUSE I
SUPPORT THE OVERWHELMING
MAJORITY OF IT BUT I JUST WANTED
TO STATE FOR THE RECORD I DO NOT
SUPPORT FUNDS BEING TAKEN FROM
OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO FUND
CHARTER SCHOOLS.
EDUCATORS AT CHARTER SCHOOLS
WILL NEED TO UNIONIZE TO PUSH
BACK AGAINST THE PRIVATIZATION
AND AGAIN OF THE CALLED SCHOOL
REFORMERS.
IT IS ENCOURAGING THAT THEY ARE
STARTING TO MOVE TO THE TOWARDS
THIS.
AS A MEMBER OF AN EDUCATOR
UNION, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF
TEACHERS, I KNOW FIRSTHAND HOW
IMPORTANT UNIONS ARE.
THEY WILL TELL YOU THEY -- THAT
THEY ARE
PAID MORE IN INSTITUTIONS WHERE
THEY ARE A UNION THAN IN
UNIVERSITIES WHERE THEY DON'T
EVEN THOUGH THE UNIVERSITIES
THAT DON'T HAVE UNIONS MAY
ACTUALLY HAVE LARGER RESOURCES
SIMPLY BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE A
UNION, YOU HAVE BETTER WAGES AND
BENEFITS.
IF ANY EDUCATORS AT THE SEATTLE
CHARTER SCHOOLS WHO WANT TO
UNIONIZE I WOULD URGE YOU TO
CONTACT THE SEATTLE EDUCATOR'S
UNION OR MY OFFICE SO THAT WE
CAN MAKE SURE THAT ALL CHARTER
SCHOOLS ARE UNIONIZED AND THEN
ULTIMATELY BROUGHT INTO THE
PUBLIC POINT OF VIEW.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT.
I WILL SAY A FEW WORDS AND THEN
I WILL ASK COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALEZ IF IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO
CLOSE.
I JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCIL
MEMBER JOHNSON AND COUNCIL
MEMBER GONZALEZ BASE LICK
BASICALLY
FOR DOING THEIR JOBS SO WELL.
THAT IS NOT EASY WORK, IT
IS THOROUGH WORK.
I WANT TO THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANY
CLOSING REMARKS BEFORE WE VOTE?
>> JUST REALLY QUICKLY, I WANT
TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT
FOR HER REMARKS.
I THINK -- IT IS IMPORTANT FOR
US AS AN INSTITUTION AND AN
AGENCY THAT CONTINUES TO INVEST
THIS EDUCATION TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE ARE CENTERING THE CHILDREN
THAT WE ARE INVESTING IN AT THE
CENTER OF THAT WORK AND I ALSO
THINK THAT OUR INVESTMENTS IN
THE AREA OF EDUCATOR DIVERSITY
WHOLE RAY SIGNALS TO POTENTIAL
PARTNERS THAT THOSE ARE THE
THINGS WE REALLY VALUE.
EVEN THOUGH CHARTER SCHOOLS WILL
BE ALLOWED TO APPLY FOR LEVY
DOLLARS DOESN'T MEAN THEY ARE
GUARANTEED FUNDING AND IT IS MY
EXPECTATION THAT DEAL WILL BE
TAKING OUR PRIORITIES VERY
SERIOUSLY IN EVALUATING ANY
APPLICATIONS FOR FUNDING OF
PUBLIC DOLLARS IN THE SPACE OF
EDUCATION.
SO, IT IS NOT -- IT IS VERY
COMMON FOR US TO INVEST IN
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
OUR SEATTLE PRESCHOOL PROMISE --
I'M SORRY OUR SEATTLE PRESCHOOL
PROGRAM RELIES ON NON-PROFIT
AGENCIES THAT ARE NOT PUBLIC
ENTITIES TO DELIVER PRESCHOOL
AND EARLY LEARNING
OPPORTUNITIES.
WE ALSO HAVE A SIMILAR
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SEATTLE
SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AGAIN, I THINK MY EXPECTATION
AND THIS COUNCIL'S EXPECTATION
IS WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH
PARTNERS IN THE AREA OF
EDUCATION THAT UNDERSTAND AND
HAVE A STRONG COMMITMENT TO RACE
AND SOCIAL JUSTICE EQUITY AND TO
EDUCATIONAL JUSTICE.
AND AT THE SAME TIME WILLING TO
COMMIT TO TRANSPARENCY,
ACCOUNTABILITY, REPORTING, DATA
SHARING AND ALSO TO THEIR WORK
FORCE.
WE KNOW THAT WHEN WE INVEST IN
OUR EDUCATORS AND WHEN OUR
EDUCATORS LOOK LIKE THE STUDENTS
THEY ARE SERVING, WE DO WELL IN
TERMS OF REDUCING THE
OPPORTUNITY AND ACHIEVEMENT GAP
FOR OUR STUDENTS OF COLOR IN
PARTICULAR.
I HAVE FULL FAITH IN DEAL THAT
THEY WILL FIGURE OUT HOW TO --
TREAD THE LINE OF COMPLYING WITH
THE LAW OF THE LAND WHILE ALSO
CONTINUING TO CENTER OUR
INVESTMENTS ON THE STUDENTS WHO
NEED THE MOST INVESTMENT IN
ORDER TO BE ABLE TO SUCCEED IN
SCHOOL AND BEYOND AND THERE IS
SOME WORK THAT IS LEFT TO BE
DONE THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION
AND EVALUATION PLAN.
FOR EXAMPLE FIGURING OUT HOW TO
CONNECT STUDENTS WHO ARE
GRADUATING FROM CHARTER SCHOOLS,
FIGURING OUT HOW TO CONNECT THEM
TO THE OPPORTUNITY OF SEATTLE
PROMISE IS SOMETHING THAT STILL
NEEDS TO BE DONE.
AGAIN, THOSE ARE DOLLARS THAT GO
DIRECTLY TO AND OPPORTUNITIES
THAT GO DIRECTLY TO STUDENTS.
THAT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHEN I
THINK THIS COUNCIL WOULD BE
SUPPORTIVE IN GENERAL OF MAKING
SURE THAT THOSE PARTNERSHIPS
EXIST FOR PURPOSES OF CONNECTING
WITH THE ACTUAL STUDENT AND NOT
PUNISHING THE STUDENT FOR --
HAVING GONE THROUGH A CHARTER
SCHOOL PROCESS BUT COULD
STILL -- BENEFIT FROM SEATTLE
PROMISE AND THE LAST THING THAT
I WILL SAY -- THAT I LEARNED IN
TERMS OF COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S
COMMENTS AND AROUND THE DETAILS
IN THIS SPACE, ONE OF THE THINGS
I FOUND MOST ASTONISHING IS WHEN
YOU DIG INTO THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF
WHO IS ATTENDING THE THREE
CHARTER SCHOOLS IN SEATTLE.
MY HOPE IS WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
THREAD THE NEEDLE WELL ENOUGH
HERE TO BE ABLE TO COMPLY WITH
STATE LAW WHILE AT THE SAME TIME
CONTINUING TO CENTER OUR WORK ON
THE STUDENTS WHO NEED IT THE
MOST.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO
CONTINUING TO DO THAT HARD WORK
WITH DEAL AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS
TO MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE TO GET
IT RIGHT W. THAT BEING SAID,
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
REALLY APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES
ENGAGEMENT ON THIS.
SOMEWHAT WONKY BUT VERY
IMPORTANT POLICY AREA AND REALLY
LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS
WORK IN -- MY COMMITTEE.
>> THANK YOU.
OKAY, I THINK WE ARE READY TO
VOTE.
WE WILL VOTE SEPARATELY ON THREE
DIFFERENT PIECE OF LEGISLATION.
WE WILL TAKE THE BILL FIRST.
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE
PASSAGE OF BILL COUNCIL BILL
119480.
>> O' BRIEN.
>> I.
>> SAWANT.
>> I.
>> BAGSHAW.
>> I.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> I.
>> HERBOLD.
>> I.
>> JUAREZ.
>> I.
>> EIGHT IN FAVOR.
NONE OPPOSED.
>> BILL PASSED AND WE WILL SIGN
IT.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THE
RESOLUTION PLEASE VOTE I.
>> I.
>> THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO T.
MOTION CARRIES AND THE
RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
AND THOSE IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING
RESOLUTION 31882 PLEASE VOTE I.
>> I.
>> PLEASE VOTE I.
>> I.
THERE YOU GO.
NOW WE ARE IN RHYTHM.
THOSE VOTE NO?
THE MOTION CARRIES, THE
RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED AND THE
CHAIR WILL SIGN IT.
JUST ONE MOMENT, I NEED A QUICK
SECOND.
>> CAN WE APPLAUD BECAUSE THAT
IS SO EXCITING IS THIS.
>> YES, WE CAN APPLAUD.
>> YAY.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
I WAS STANDING BETWEEN THE END
AND IDENTIFYING A NEW COLLEAGUE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING
ME AN EXTENDED TIME OF
COMMENTARY ON THIS.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALEZ.
>> OKAY, WE WILL MOVE TO THE
ADOPTION OF OTHER RESOLUTIONS.
WE WILL MOVE TO OTHER BUSINESS.
WHICH IS OUR COUNCIL VACANCY
POSITION.
SO THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW
VOTE TO FILL THE VACANT COUNCIL
POSITION FORMERLY HELD BY
COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.
I WILL SAY A FEW OPENING REMARKS
AND THEN I WILL SOLICIT THE
FLOOR FOR NOMINATIONS.
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW FORMER
COUNCIL MEMBER JOB SON MADE HIS
RESIGNATION MADE KNOWN ON MARCH
21, 2019.
THE CITY CHARTER GIVES THE CITY
COUNCIL 20 CAL ENDER DAYS TO
FILL THE COUNCIL POSITION.
I KNOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE
QUESTIONED THAT.
ITS BEEN THAT WAY SINCE 1896.
ONE OF THE ARGUMENT SOCIAL
SECURITY WE DON'T WANT A SEGMENT
OF THE POPULATION GOING WITHOUT
REPRESENTATION.
IT CERTAINLILY IS A TIGHT TIME
FRAME.
ITS IMPORTANT TO THINK THE 15
APPLICANTS WE DID RECEIVE, WE
RECEIVED 15 BY APRIL 5TH AT
5:00.
OF THOSE 15, TWO DID NOT MEET
THE LEGAL ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS AND TWO SUBSEQUENT
APPLICANTS WITH DREW.
TODAY WE STAND AT 11.
ALL 11 APPLY CAN'T WERE PROVIDED
THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT A
THREE MINUTE PRESENTATION AND
RESPOND TO QUESTIONS FROM
COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I MUST SAY THAT -- I WE INDEED
BOTH IMPRESSED AND HUMBLED BY
THE QUALITY OF THE APPLICANTS,
THEIR PREPARATION AND THEIR
COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU PERSONALLY
FOR SUCH A SPLENDID DISPLAY.
ALL APPLICANTS WERE REQUIRED TO
PARTICIPATE AT THE PUBLIC FORUM
AND APPEAR AT THE CITY COUNCIL
MEETING ON APRIL 17th.
AS WE STATED AT THE OUT SET ON
THE ONSET OF PROCESS THAT THE
DESIRED QUALIFICATION FOR THIS
POSITION WERE AN INDIVIDUAL
QUALIFY TO CHAIR THE PLANNING
ZONE AND COMMITTEE AND A CARE
TAKER AGREES NOT TO SEEK
ELECTION TO THE COUNCIL THIS
YEAR.
AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS AN
UNDERSTANDING OF OUR GOVERNMENT
OPERATIONS AND BUDGETING AND
LEDGES LATIVE PROCESSIES AND
DEMONSTRATES THE KNOWLEDGE OF
PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES ASSOCIATED
WITH POTENTIAL COMMITTEE
ASSIGNMENTS AND DEMONSTRATES
COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL JUSTICE.
SO AGAIN BEFORE WE TAKE
NOMINATIONS, I WOULD LIKE TO
THANK ALL OF THE APPLICANTS WHO
APPLIED.
THAT WAS NOT A -- AN EASY
PROCESS TO BE SUBJECT TO SUCH
SCRUTINY.
I HOPE SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE
THAT -- THAT YOU REALIZE YOU DID
YOURSELF AND YOUR COMMUNITY A
GREAT SERVICE BY DISPLAYING YOUR
TALENT AND YOUR COMMITMENT AND
INDEED SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF
THE EFFORTS THAT YOU HAVE SHOWN.
ALL 11 WERE OUTSTANDING.
OKAY, I WILL SLOW IT DOWN JUST A
LITTLE BIT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS
GO NUMBER ONE, ITS A LOT OF
PAPERWORK INVOLVE SXHEERD
INVOLVED AND
WE DON'T DO THIS ALL THE TIME.
AT THIS POINT I WILL OPEN UP THE
FLOOR FOR NOMINATIONS.
AT THE CONCLUSION I WILL MAKE A
MOTION TO CLOSE THE NOMINATIONS.
OKAY.
SO AT THIS POINT I WILL ACCEPT
NOMINATIONS FOR COUNCIL POSITION
FOUR.
COUNCIL MEMBER BAGSHAW.
>> THANK YOU.
I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE DAVID
GOLDBURG.
>> IS THERE A SECOND?
>> A SECOND.
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED TO SECOND.
DAVID GOLDBURG BE PLACED IN THE
NOMINEE GROUP.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS?
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE.
>> IT HAS BEEN NOMINATED -- SHE
HAS BEEN NOMINATED AND SECONDED.
JUST ONE MINUTE.
THIS IS WHERELY GO WHERE I WILL
GO A LITTLE SLOW SO I COULD TAKE
NOTES HERE EVEN THOUGH THE
CLERKS ARE DOWN THERE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINEES?
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE
ABEL.
>> IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> HE'S BEEN NOMINATED AND
SECONDS.
WE HAVE THREE NOMINEES.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINEES
COMING FROM THE FLOOR?
AND THERE IS NO PRESSURE.
COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> I WILL NOMINATE BROAD.
>> IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> ITS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
THAT BROAD BE PLACED AS A
NOMINEE.
JUST ONE SECOND HERE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINEES TO
COME FROM THE FLOOR?
AND AGAIN FOLLOWING COUNCIL
GONZALEZ'S LEAD I --
ANY OTHER NOMINEES TO COME FROM?
OKAY, GOING TO JUST WAIT FOR A
SECOND HERE.
AND I WILL MOVE TO CLOSE THE
NOMINATIONS.
IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> ITS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
TO CLOSE THE NOMINATIONS.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR TO CLOSE THE
NOMINATION PLEASE VOTE I.
>> I.
ALL OPPOSED.
THE I'S HAVE IT.
THE NOMINATIONS ARE CLOSED.
JUST TO REITERATE TO THE PUBLIC,
THE FOUR -- WE HAVE FOUR
NOMINEES.
I'M JUST GOING TO READ THEM OUT
IN THE ORDER WITH WHICH THEY
WERE NOMINATED.
DAVID GOLDBURG -- ABEL AND BROOK
BROAD.
AM I CORRECT IN MY -- NOTES,
CLERKS?
THANK YOU.
OKAY.
I WILL GO A LITTLE SLOW.
THE WAY THIS WILL WORK IS BASED
ON THE ROLE CALL POSITION THAT
ROTATES EVERY WEEK, THE CLERK
WILL CALL OUT THE NAMES AND I
WILL JUST ASK THAT THE COUNCIL
MEMBER -- ARTICULATE THEIR
CANDIDATE THAT THEY ARE VOTING
ON THE FIRST ROUND.
IT COULD BE OVER ON THE FIRST
ROUND.
WE WILL SEE BUT JUST ONE
CANDIDATE THERE TO SELECT.
I HOPE THOSE RULES ARE CLEAR TO
EVERYONE.
AND --
>> I APOLOGIZE.
MAYBE YOU ALREADY CLARIFIED THIS
AND I MISSED IT.
DO YOU -- DID YOU SAY YOU WOULD
DO THE FIRST ROUND OF VOTES
BEFORE ANY COMMENTS OR DO YOU
WANT US TO SAY COMMENTS?
>> THAT IS A GREAT POINT.
>> I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO --
I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLAIN WHY I
NOMINATED.
>> I GET THREE MISTAKES.
THAT WAS ONE.
I FORGOT TO LET PEOPLE TALK
ABOUT IT.
MISTAKE, NUMBER ONE.
I TWO MORE THOUGH.
WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR COMMENTS
FROM ANY COUNCIL MEMBER ON ANY
OF THE APPLICANTS IN THE FOUR
NOMINATIONS.
BUT ANY OF THE OTHER SEVEN AS
WELL.
NOW IS THE TIME TO HEAR
COMMENTS.
I WILL JUST RECOGNIZE YOU AS I
SEE HANDS.
>> I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT
CAN GO FIRST.
>> NO, NO, NO.
>> SHE YIELDS.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER BAGSHAW?
I'M VERY PLEASED TO NOMINATE
GOLDBURG.
I HAD A NUMBER OF PHONE CALLS
FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE WORKED WITH
MR. GOLDBURG.
OBVIOUSLY HIS LAND USE
EXPERIENCE IS DEEP AND SINCE WE
ARE REPLACING COUNCIL MEMBER
JOHNSON, HARD TO REPLACE BUT
HAVING SOMEBODY WITH THAT
EXPERIENCE UH IS IMPORTANT.
I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE
FACT THAT NOT ONLY HAS HE BEEN
ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION,
REAPPOINTED TO THE PLANNING
COMMISSION HERE, BUT ALSO IN HIS
WORK IN GEORGIA NEAR ATLANTA.
AND I ALSO RESPECT THE FACT THAT
HE'S WORKED ON THE BOARD, THE
PEDESTRIAN BOARD.
SOMETHING THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT
TO ME PERSONALLY.
LASTLY, HIS EDUCATION CREDITS
ARE IMPRESSIVE FROM THE EAST
COAST DARTMOUTH, COLUMBIA AND
HARVARD UNIVERSITY.
I APPRECIATE THAT GOOD WORK BUT
ALSO HE'S BEEN VERY DEEPLY
INVOLVED IN -- COMMUNITY LOCAL
COMMUNITY COMMUNICATIONS AND
STRATEGIC WORK.
I THINK HE WOULD BE A FINE
COLLEAGUE AD I URGE YOUR VOTE.
>> VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
BAGSHAW.
WE ARE STILL RECEIVING COMMENTS
FROM ON ANY MEMBERS IN THE
NOMINATION POOL.
>> MR. CHAIR.
>> YES.
>> I THINK FOR CONSISTENCY,
MAYBE WE SHOULD DO THE ORDER IN
WHICH WE NOMINATED.
WOULD THAT BE OKAY?
I'M FINE WITH THAT.
I CAN'T REMEMBER.
I WROTE IT DOWN.
I WILL JUST -- JUST RAISE YOUR
HANDS.
IT IS NOT THAT FORMAL ON THAT
PROCESS.
WHY DON'T WE JUST SEE -- WHERE
THE SPIRIT MOVES SOMEBODY TO
SPEAK AND WE WILL JUST SEE HANDS
FLY UP.
>> EVERYBODY IS SO SHY TODAY.
>> OKAY COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ.
> I WILL SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF
THE 11 FOLKS WHO THREW THEIR
NAME INTO THE HAT.
I KNOW THAT TAKES A CERTAIN
AMOUNT OF COURAGE AND
VULNERABILITY TO PUT YOURSELF
OUT THERE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR A
VERY PUBLIC POSITION OUTSIDE OF
THE CONTEXT OF A FULL ELECTION
CYCLE.
JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO
ALL OF YOU WHO ARE WANTING TO
SERVE YOUR NEIGHBORS AND
COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN DISTRICT 4
AND CONSEQUENTLY TO SIT UP HERE
WITH US EVERY MONDAY AND HAVE
THIS MUCH FUN AND -- ALSO TO
REALLY JUST HELP US AS A CITY
COUNCIL AND ENTITY REALLY
STRUGGLE WITH SOME OF THE MOST
DIFFICULT ISSUES FACING OUR
CITY.
OF COURSE WE ARE HERE LOOKING AT
REPLACING FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER
ROB JOHNSON AND DISTRICT 4.
I AM HOPING TO BE ABLE TO
SUPPORT SOMEBODY WHO COMES TO
THIS WORK WITH A -- A BODY OF
EXPERIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING OF
LAND USE POLICY AND IN
PARTICULAR.
AS WELL AS SOMEBODY WHO
WILL BE A MEMBER OF THE
SUSTAINABILITY AND
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AND AS
WELL AS SOMEBODY WHO WILL BE A
MEMBER OF MY COMMITTEE, THE
GENDER EQUITY SAFE COMMITTEE.
AND AS RESULT OF THAT, AFTER
HAVING REVIEWED ALL OF THE
MATERIALS AND AFTER -- LAST
WEEK'S PUBLIC HEARING AND HAVING
MY STAFF HELP ME IDENTIFY
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT ALL
OF THE CANDIDATES I'VE DECIDED
TO NOMINATE POLICE BROAD LARGELY
IN PART BECAUSE OF HER ON GOING
ADVOCACY AND COMMITMENT IN THE
LAND USE AREA AND WANTING TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE MOST
INCLUSIVE SET OF POLICIES
AVAILABLE TO US AT THE CITY OVER
THE NEXT SEVEN MONTHS THAT WILL
REALLY PROMOTE AND SUPPORT THE
SUCCESS OF THE MANDATORY HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY PROGRAM.
OF HOPEFULLY GETTING US TO
CONTINUE TO ADVANCE AND MOVE
AROUND THE CONVERSATION.
WE HAVE SOME ISSUES RELATED TO
THE MULTI-FAMILIAR TAX EXEMPTION
PROGRAM THAT WILL BE COMING UP.
I THINK HAVING SOMEBODY AS MISS
BROAD IN THE SEAT THAT SHARES
SOME OF THE VALUES WE HAVE IS
REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALEZ.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH
MR. PRESIDENT.
I TOO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
WE SEE YOU SITTING OUT THERE.
WE HEARD YOU ON WEDNESDAY.
WE HEARD YOU ON MONDAY PRIOR.
THIS IS NOT EASY.
THIS ALSO VERY DIFFERENT FROM
RUNNING FOR OFFICE WHICH THEN WE
GET TO EVALUATE YOU BASED ON
YOUR CRITERIA FOR ALL OF YOUR
POSITIONS.
HEE WE HAVE A SPECIFIC SQUARE.
WE ARE TRYING TO FIT INTO THAT
SPECIFIC SQUARE AS WE FINISH OUT
THIS YEAR.
IT IS A LITTLE CHALLENGING.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS
TO STEP UP AND TO REALLY PUT
YOURSELF OUT THERE.
THAT WASN'T EASY ON WEDNESDAY.
I WAS NERVOUS.
I CAN IMAGINE IT WAS A HARD
DISCUSSION FOR AL OF YOU.
SO ANY OF THE COMMENTS WE MAKE
TODAY I HOPE FOLKS TAKE AWAY
FROM THIS YOU WERE ALL
TREMENDOUS CANDIDATES.
AS WE SPEAK IN FAVOR OF CERTAIN
CANDIDATES THAT DOESN'T MEAN
ANYTHING ABOUT NOT WANTING TO
SEE ONE OF YOU ON COUNCIL ONE
DAY.
I HOPE THAT THAT IS STILL
SOMETHING YOU ARE ALL INTERESTED
IN AND THAT THIS PROCESS WAS
INSPIRING.
SO THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR JUST
PUTTING YOUR NAME OUT THERE.
WE KNOW IT'S HARD.
WE SAY THANK FEW RUNNING TO
PEOPLE WHO RUN FOR OFFICE.
THANK YOU FOR PUTTING YOUR NAME
FORWARD AND FOR BEING PART OF
THIS NOMINATION PROCESS.
IT IS NOT EASY.
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO
NOMINATE ABEL.
AS YOU HAVE HEARD HIM IN
PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS AND IN THE
DEBATE HE HAD ON MONDAY LAST
WEEK AND OUR CONVERSATIONS ON
WEDNESDAY.
HE BRINGS TO THIS NOMINATION
PROCESS EXCESSIVE EXPERIENCE IN
LAND USE PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT
AND SPECIFICALLY THROUGH THE EYE
OF RECENT SOCIAL JUSTICE FROM
THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY
PERSPECTIVE.
HE SERVED AS THE COUNCIL QUALITY
OF LIFE CHAIR FROM 2013 TO 2015.
HE SERVED ON THE FOCUS GROUP FOR
AS THE REPRESENTATIVE IN 2017.
HE WORKED WITH AS PART OF THE
YOUNG PROFESSIONALS GROUP OF
MRIM OUTHOUSING GROUP FROM 2013
TO 2016.
REALLY I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE
LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION WE
HAVE SEEN FROM HIM FROM THE LAND
USE CHAIR AND THE FORMER
PLANNING COMMISSIONER MEMBER.
REALLY EXCITED AS WELL ABOUT THE
SUPPORT HE RECEIVED FROM SENATOR
WIND.
THAT IS SOMEBODY WHO HAS BAN
YOUNG ELECTED LEADER OF COLOR AS
WELL WHO STEPPED UP AND PUSHED
FOR GREATER DENSITY, GREATER
ZONING.
THAT IS INCLUSIVE IN THE FACE OF
OPPOSITION.
THESE ARE NOT EASY POSITIONS TO
TAKE AND THOSE ARE NOT EASY
BOARDS TO SERVE ON U. A LETTER
OF
RECOMMENDATION WE RECEIVED FROM
THE MARTIN LUTHER KING COUNTY
LABOR COUNCIL AFL CIO WHO ROTE
IN SUPPORT OF ABLE LAST WEEK.
ABLE HAS DONE IMPORTANT EQUITY
WORK.
A COMB EL-- HE HAS OUR FULL
REPORT.
THAT IS PART OF THEIR LETTER TO
US IN SUMMERY.
I WOULD JUST CONCLUDE BY SAYING
IN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I
REALLY LIKED ABOUT HIS
PRESENTATION IS HE LIFTED UP
HE'S CURRENTLY A RENTER.
HE TALKED ABOUT THE NEED FOR
GREATER DENSITY DEVELOPMENT
AROUND TRANSIT ORIENTED
DEVELOPMENT, THE ABILITY TO WALK
TO PARKS AND GROCERY STORES AND
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES AND CHILD
CARES AND CREATE SAFE WORKING
ENVIRONMENTS.
SO BRINGING HIS -- LIVED
EXPERIENCE AS AN IMMIGRANT A AS
PERSON OF COLOR -- I'M SORRY AS
THE SON OF IMMIGRANTS AND AS
PERSON OF COLOR, AS A RENTER A
AS WARRIOR FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE I
WOULD LOVE FOR FOLKS TO CONSIDER
OUR FRIEND ABEL AND AGAIN KUDOS
TO EVERYBODY WHO PUT THEIR NAME
FORWARD.
THANK YOU ABEL FOR PUTTING YOUR
NAME FORWARD SO I COULD NOMINATE
YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA.
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ.
>> THANK YOU.
IT GIVES ME GREAT HONOR TO ECHO
THE WORDS OF COUNCIL MEMBER
MOSQUEDA IN MY SUPPORT FOR ABEL.
BEFORE I LAUNCH INTO A FEW
ITEMSED ABOUT WHAT I KNOW ABOUT
THIS YOUNG MAN AND WATCHING HIM
THESE LAST FOUR YEARS WORK,
PARTICULARLY IN DISTRICT 4, I
WANT TO POINT OUT TO MY
COLLEAGUES THAT WHEN WE DID
THE -- WHEN WE PUT OUT THE
SUMMERY, THERE WERE 13 FACTORS
OR 13 ISSUES TO LOOK AT AND ONE
OF THEM -- OF ONE OF THE 13 ONLY
SAYS THIS APPLICANT IDENTIFY ANY
PREVIOUS PLANNING LAND USE AND
ZONING EXPERIENCE.
NOW I DRAW THE TO YOUR ATTENTION
SAY THAT YOU DON'T NECESSARILY
NEED TO HAVE AN INTENSE
BACKGROUND IN LAND USE,
TRANSPORTATION AND ZONING THOUGH
IT IS HELPFUL.
LAND USE TRANSPORTATION ZONING
IS STATUTORY IN NATURE.
EVERYONE OF THESE APPLICANTS
POSSESS THE WORK EARTH DOING
MOVE FORWARD.
WHAT I VALUE AND WHAT I LOOK FOR
AND ANYONE WHO WANTS TO BE
PUBLIC SERVANT IS TO NOT ONLY AS
I SEE IN ABLE -- WHO CAN BEST
REPRESENT THE INTEREST OF THE
CITY AS A WHOLE AND WHO ALSO
HONORS THE NEED OF THEIR
DISTRICT.
ITS IMPORTANT AS WELL AS BEING
AN ADVOCATE AND ACTIVIST.
I VALUE HARD WORK AND RESULTS,
CIVIC MINDEDNESS.
MORE IMPORTANTLY QUITE FRANKLY
THAN SOMEONE WHO IS PASSIONATE
OR VERY CONFIDENT.
IN THIS WORLD A LOT OF PEOPLE
HAVE UNEARNED CONFIDENCE.
I SEE A LOT OF THAT.
WITH THIS YOUNG MAN I SEE EARNED
CONFIDENCE.
I SEE INTEGRITY.
-- MORE IMPORTANTLY
OUR YOUNG WOMEN IN THESE AREAS
OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND
MATH.
I ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO
WATCH THIS YOUNG MAN WORK WITH
HIM AND LOOK AT HIS WRITING AND
HIS ANALYSIS AND HIS
INTELLIGENCE WHEN WE DISCUSSED
HALLA.
WE MOVED FORWARD AND PASSED.
I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION HI
WITH ABEL ABOUT DISTRICT 4 AND
THE MANDATORY HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY ABOUT ISSUES OF
DISPLACEMENT, HIS CONCERNS ABOUT
ZONING AND ABOUT THE AVENUE AND
WHAT DISTRICT 4 MEANT TO HIM.
WITH THAT THE ONLY OTHER THING I
WANT TO ADD MORE ON A PERSONAL
NOTE IS THAT WHILE YOU SEE US UP
HERE EVERY WEEK, ITS A DIFFICULT
JOB.
PEOPLE AREN'T ALWAYS KIND.
UM, ITS -- ITS DIFFICULT
SOMETIMES TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT
THING.
YOU CAN'T GIVE EVERYBODY
EVERYTHING THAT THEY WANT.
I THINK IF YOU COME TO THIS JOB
WITH AN OPEN HEART, CIVIC
MINDED, COMMUNITY BASED, THAT
YOU ARE PRAGMATIC, THAT YOU CARE
ABOUT OUR CITY AND OUR
COMMUNITY, THINK THEY WOULD BE
ABEL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
JUAREZ.
COUNCIL MEMBER -- SAWANT.
>> UM, THANK YOU PRESIDENT
HARRELL.
I -- BEFORE I TALK ABOUT THE
CANDIDATE I NOMINATED, I FIRST
WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
APPOINTMENT ITSELF.
YES, THE APPOINTMENT IS ONLY FOR
A FEW MONTHS BUT ANYTIME THERE
IS A POSITION ON THIS COUNCIL,
IT -- ITS A VERY IMPORTANT
QUESTION BECAUSE THIS IS THE --
THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE HIGHEST
LEGISLATIVE BODY OF THIS CITY
AND AS AN ELECTIVE
REPRESENTATIVE, WORKING PEOPLE
MYSELF WHO TAKES IT VERY
SERIOUSLY, USING MY OFFICE TO
AMPLIFY THE STRUGGLES OF
ORDINARY PEOPLE, I THINK THAT
EVEN FOB THOSE FEW MONTHS IT
MATTER.
I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN A
SECOND.
I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT
THIS -- IN MY VIEW, WHAT THIS
APPOINTMENT IS ABOUT.
IN A SECOND BUT I WANTED TO
FIRST TALK ABOUT WHAT I DON'T
THINK THIS APPOINTMENT IS ABOUT
IN MY VIEW.
I DON'T -- IN MY VIEW THIS
APPOINTMENT IS NOT ABOUT LAND
USE EXPERIENCE.
OR ANY KIND OF EXPERIENCE TO BE
VERY CLEAR.
THE REALITY IS EVERY COUNCIL
MEMBER AND THEIR OFFICE DEPENDS
HEAVILY ON THE EXPERTISE -- AND
OTHER CITY DEPARTMENT STAFF.
AND THAT IS AS IT SHOULD BE.
WE DO AND SHOULD RELY ON SUBJECT
MATTER EXPERTS BECAUSE THE --
ROLE THAT I THINK YOU HAVE TO
FULFILL AS AN ELECTED
REPRESENTATIVE IS NOT HAVING
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE ON
EVERY SINGLE SUBJECT BUT MORE --
BUT ACTUALLY AND NOT ABOUT
EXPERIENCE, ITS ABOUT POLITICAL
COURAGE.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO USE YOUR
SEAT FOR?
THAT IS WHAT MATTERS.
TO GIVE A VERY CONCRETE
EXPERIENCE, MY STAFF AND I DID
NOT HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH SEATTLE
CITY LIGHT WHEN WE WERE FIRST
ELECTED AND THAT WAS THE
COMMITTEE THAT WAS HANDED TO US.
I'M AN ECONOMIST.
MY STAFF MEMBERS HAVE
EXPERIENCED IN DIFFERENT FIELDS
BUT NOT IN THAT PARTICULAR
FIELD.
WE WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL.
BECAUSE OF THE INCREDIBLE HELP
OF THE COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF AND
OTHER STAFF MEMBERS IN THE CITY
OF SEATTLE, AND WE USED OUR
COMMITTEE, MY OFFICE USED THIS
COMMITTEE AND OUR POSITION AS
CHAIR TO -- CARRY OUT A MAJOR
EXPANSION OF THE UTILITY
DISCOUNT PROGRAM MAKING IT OPT
OUT RATHER THAN OPT IN WHICH IT
WAS INITIALLY.
WE HAVEN'T HAD COUNCIL MEMBERS
SUPPORT THAT AND -- MANY OTHER
ISSUES THAT ARE RELATED TO THE
ENVIRONMENT USING ADVOCATING
ALSO FOR A PILOT PROJECT OF
MUNICIPAL BROADBAND.
I DON'T HAVE TO BE A BROADBAND
EXPERT TO ADVOCATE FOR MUNICIPAL
BROADBAND.
I THINK THIS APPOINTMENT IS
ABOUT POLITICAL COURAGE AND --
AT THIS MOMENT AS WE ALL KNOW
THE MOST URGENT CRISIS THE CITY
IS FACING IS THE QUESTION OF THE
ESCALATING HOMELESSNESS AND
THE -- RISING LACK OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSING AND WE KNOW THAT RENTERS
ARE ABSOLUTELY FACING THE BRUNT
OF THIS CRISIS BUT WE ALSO KNOW
THAT MIDDLE CLOSE AND -- WE
HAVEN'T HAD A REAL PROGRESSIVE
REVENUE SOURCE LIKE THE AMAZON
TAX WHICH WAS REPEALED BY THE
MAJORITY OF THIS COUNCIL AND
MOST OF THE TAX LANDS ON
ORDINARY PEOPLE TO THE SALE TAX
AND ORDINARY HOMEOWNERS THROUGH
THE PROPERTY TAX.
IS THINK WE URGENTLY NEED TO
BUILD A UNITED MOVEMENT OF
RENTERS AND PROPERTY ORDINARY
HOMEOWNERS AGAINST -- THE COME
NATION OF BIG DEVELOPERS AND
FINANCIAL SPECULATORS AND
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
CORPORATIONS.
SO, WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR IN
THIS APPOINTMENT PROCESS WAS --
WHO HAS THE -- WHO HAS SHOWN TO
HAVE SOME -- COURAGE IN STANDING
FOR THE CORRECT POSITIONS ON
THESE MOST URGENT ISSUES THAT
ARE FACED BY OUR CITY.
I FIRST MET HER WHEN THEY --
THEIR FELLOW ADVOCATES CAME TO
MY OFFICE TO SPEAK ABOUT THOSE
ISSUES.
THEY READILY AGREED AND I
REMEMBER THERE WAS ONE MEMORABLE
MOMENT WHICH THEY MENTIONED
DURING THEIR RESPONSES TO THIS
COUNCIL LAST WEEK AT THE REALLY
RALLY WE HAD AT THE VERMILION AT
CAPITOL HILL AFTER WE HAD WON
THE AMAZON TAX BUT BEFORE THE
COUNCIL HAD REPEALED IT WHERE WE
WERE JUST LAUNCHING -- JUST THEN
LAUNCHING OUR SUMMER AND AUTUMN
CAMPAIGN OF DOOR KNOCKING AND
TABLING TO REALLY BE ABLE TO --
PUSH BACK AGAINST THE LIES OF
BIG BUSINESS AND HOPEFULLY WIN
THE -- WIN AGAINST THE BIG
BUSINESS REFERENDUM THAT WAS
COMING AT US LAST NOVEMBER.
JOINING AND JOINING THE
MOVEMENT OF ORDINARY PEOPLE
FIGHTING FOR IT.
EVERYONE SAYS THAT THEY SUPPORT
MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUT WHAT
DOES THAT MEAN OTHER THAN EMPTY
WORDS UNLESS YOU ARE ACTUALLY
WILLING TO SUPPORT A REALISTIC
WAY TO FUND THE NEEDS OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AS A MATTER OVER FACT THE AMOUNT
OF BAND WIDTH THAT IS BEING USED
UP BY TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE
HOUSING HAS GROWN SINCE THE
COUNCIL REFUSED TO TAKE A
POSITION ON THIS.
THEY REFUSED TO VOTE YES ON
THE 11 SEPARATE AMENDMENTS THAT
THEY BROUGHT IN THE DISCUSSIONS
LAST YEAR.
WHAT WE NEED IS SOMEONE THAT
WILL REALLY USE THEIR POSITION
TO STAND WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT
HAS BROUGHT THEM FORWARD AND I
THINK SHE HAS SAID THOSE WORDS
IN THAT -- TO THAT EFFECT.
THEY HAVE ALSO MET WITH ME
OFFICE STAFF LAST WEEK AND THEY
HAVE -- SAID THAT THEY SUPPORT
RENT CONTROL WHICH WE KNOW WILL
BE NECESSARY TO STOP THE OF THE
REMAINING AFFORDABILITY D IN OUR
CITY.
IN FACT WHEN -- MOOI OFFICE
POLICY ANALYST ASKED ABOUT RENT
CONTROL THEY SAID -- THEY
SUPPORT AND IT THAT THEY
THEMSELVES AS A RENTER NEEDED
THAT.
IT WAS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT THEY
SAID THEY ARE OPPOSED TO THE
SWEEPS OF HOMELESS PEOPLE.
THAT IS ANOTHER THING THEY HAVE
REFUSED TO DO WHICH IS STOP THE
WASTE OF TENS OF MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS AND USE FOR IT
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I RAISED THESE ISSUES AS
EXAMPLES BECAUSE THEY ARE THE
MOST PRESSING AND THEY ARE WHERE
WE NEED THE MOST COURAGE.
AND SO I -- REALLY URGE ALL CITY
COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SUPPORT A
CANDIDATE WHO HAS SHOWN THEY
WOULD BE WILLING TO STAND UP FOR
THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY
REPRESENT.
AND I ALSO WANTED TO SAY FOR
ANYBODY WHO GETS ELECTED IF YOU
HAVE -- PROFESSED -- APPOINTED
HERE NOT ELECTED, FOR -- EVERY
CANDIDATE WHO PROFESSES THAT
THEY WILL -- DO THE RIGHT THING,
AGAIN ONCE AGAIN WANTED TO
ARTICULATE THAT -- IF YOU HAVE
ALREADY COME UNDER PRESSURE THEN
YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT KIND OF
FRESH
PRESSURE YOU WILL COME UNDER
ONCE YOU ARE UNDER THIS
PROFESSION.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT.
COUNCIL MEMBER O' BRIEN.
>> THANK YOU.
COLLEAGUES I WILL TRY TO BE
QUICK.
FIRST OF ALL, IT WAS AMAZING AS
A RESIDENT OF SEATTLE TO SIT
HERE ON WEDNESDAY AND LISTEN TO
ALL THE FOLKS THAT SHOWED UP TO
TALK THROUGH THEIR FASHION FOR
THE CITY AND THEIR DEDICATION TO
IT.
SO OFTEN IN THE POLITICAL WORLD
HEN THERE IS I HAVE-
TO SEE SOME FOLKS
I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO WORK WITH
AND A LOT OF FOLKS I'VE NEVER
WORKED WITH, I FELT SO PROUD AND
HONORED THAT THERE ARE SO MANY
PEOPLE THAT COULD DO AN AMAZING
JOB.
I WENT HOME AT EASE FEELING LIKE
WE COULDN'T GO WRONG.
AND YET STILL I HAVE A DECISION
TO MAKE AND WHEN I LOOK AT THE
FOLKS WHO ARE BEFORE US TODAY,
THERE ARE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO I
WILL SPEAK TO BRIEFLY WHO RISE
TO THE TOP FOR VERY DIFFERENT
REASONS BUT I THINK COULD SERVE
THE CITY.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS
THAT YOU MADE -- KIND OF YOUR
HONESTY AND TRANSPARENCY ABOUT
WHAT YOU WANTED TO DO AND WHY
YOU WANTED TO BE HERE AND WHAT
MOTIVATED YOU.
YOU TALKED ABOUT THE COURAGE IT
TOOK TO BE THERE AND HOW HARD IT
WAS.
I APPRECIATE HEARING THOSE
WORDS.
WHAT I SAW WAS A REAL STRENGTH
THAT I THINK WOULD BE AMAZING ON
THIS COUNCIL.
THE OTHER PERSON WHO ROSE IS
DAVID GOLDBURG.
I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO WORK WITH
DAVID A BIT.
I DIDN'T KNOW ALL OF YOUR STORY
TILL YOU SPOKE ON WEDNESDAY.
IT REALLY BROUGHT TO LIGHT --
HELPED ME UNDERSTAND HOW SOME OF
YOUR VALUES AND YOUR -- YOUR
LIVED EXPERIENCE INTERACT WITH
WHAT I'VE KNOWN YOU ABOUT IS
ABOUT TRANSPORTATION AND LAND
USE POLICY.
I KNOW I WILL NEED TO MAKE A
DECISION HERE IN A MOMENT.
I WILL BE STRUGGLING WITH THAT
FOR THE NEXT FEW MOMENTS BUT --
THERE IS -- THERE IS -- I DON'T
THINK WE CAN GO WRONG WITH
ANYBODY.
CERTAINLY THE FOUR NOMINATIONS
ARE OUTSTANDING TOO AND I WILL
BE DECIDING BETWEEN THE TWO OF
YOU ON THE FIRST ROUND SO THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER O'
BRIEN.
SO WE ARE GOING TO VOTE.
I WILL READ SOME INSTRUCTIONS
AGAIN JUST TO BE CLEAR.
I DID WANT TO ADDRESS ONE
COMMENT THAT WAS SAID THAT THIS
POSITION IS FOR A SHORT TERM.
ITS ACTUALLY FOR SEVEN MONTHS
AND I WILL SHARE WITH YOU -- TRY
SERVING IN A POSITION FOR FIVE
DAYS, THAT IS A SHORT TERM.
THIS IS A LONG TERM.
HAVING SAID THAT, I WILL ASK
THAT THE CLERK CALL THE ROLE ON
THE VOTE TO NOMINATE A CANDIDATE
TO FILL COUNCIL POSITION 4 AND
EACH COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD SIMPLY
STATE THE NAME OF THEIR CHOSEN
CANDIDATE.
OKAY, ARE WE READY CLERK?
PLEASE PROCEED.
>> O' BRIEN.
>> I WILL VOTE FOR DAVID
GOLDBURG.
>> SAWANT
>> SHERRY.
>> BAGSHAW.
>> DAVID GOLDBURG.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> BROOK BROAD.
>> HERBOLD.
>> ABEL.
>> JUAREZ.
>> ABEL.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> ABEL.
>> AND HARRELL.
>> ABEL.
>> WE HAVE FOUR VOTES FOR ABEL,
ONE VOTE FOR SHERRY, TWO VOTES
FOR DAVID GOLDBURG AND ONE VOTE
FOR BROOK BROAD.
>> SO NO CANDIDATE REACHED FIVE
VOTES.
I AM GOING TO GIVE MY COUNCIL
MEMBERS A MOMENT TO GATHER THEIR
THOUGHTS AND WE WILL IN A MOMENT
PROCEED WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF
VOTING.
IN THE SAME MANNER.
I WILL GIVE YOU A MOMENT.
OKAY, DOES ANYONE NEED MORE
TIME?
HEARING NONE.
YOUR PACE WAS JUST A LITTLE
FAST.
JUST A LITTLE SLOW IT DOWN A
LITTLE BIT IF YOU DON'T MIND.
OKAY, WE ARE GOING TO GO TO A
SECOND ROUND.
AND WE SHALL NOW PROCEED.
>> O' BRIEN.
>> DAVID GOLDBURG.
>> SAWANT.
>> SHERRY.
>> BAGSHAW.
>> DAVID GOLDBURG.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> BROOK BROAD.
>> HERBOLD.
>> BROOK BROAD.
>> JUAREZ.
>> ABEL.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> ABEL.
>> AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT
HARRELL.
>> ABEL.
>> WE HAVE THREE FOR ABEL, TWO
FOR DAVID GOLDBURG, TWO FOR
BROOK BROAD AND ONE FOR SHERRY.
>> OKAY.
JUST ONE MOMENT HERE.
I WILL ASK THE COUNCIL
MEMBERS DELIBERATE INTERNALLY.
NO TALKING TO YOUR NEIGHBORS.
AND WE ARE GOING TO PROCEED TO
ROUND THREE BUT ON HIGH
MY CUE
AND THE CUE HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN
YET SO ONE MOMENT HERE.
EVERYBODY READY?
PLEASE PROCEED WITH ROUND THREE.
>> O' BRIEN.
>> DAVID GOLDBURG.
>> SAWANT.
>> SHERRY.
>> BAGSHAW.
>> DAVID GOLDBURG.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> UM -- BROOK BROAD.
>> HERBOLD.
>> BROOK BROAD.
>> JUAREZ.
>> ABEL.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> A BEL.
>> HARRELL.
>> JUST ONE MOMENT.
I'M GOING TO DO THE GONZALEZ
PAUSE LIKE SHE DID.
I'M TRYING TO --
>> I'M BEING THOUGHTFUL.
>> BUT I'M TRYING TO SEE AND I
THINK MY NOTES REFLECT THAT THIS
IS THE IDENTICAL VOTE AS ROUND
TWO.
I WILL SAY BROOK BROAD SO THERE
IS A SHIFT IN VOTES.
AND WHAT I WILL SIGNAL TO MY
COLLEAGUES IS THIS ON ROUND
FOUR, THAT IF THE VOTES DO NOT
SIGNIFICANTLY VOTE ON ROUND
FOURLY MOVE THAT WE END THE
PROCESS AND WILL HAVE TO HAVE A
SPECIAL MEETING AND RECONVENE.
MAYBE I WILL DO A ROUND FIVE BUT
I DON'T SEE WITH JUST ONE
VOTE -- I DON'T SEE ANY
MOVEMENT.
FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC THIS IS
AN OPEN AND TRANSPARENT PROCESS
AND SO THAT'S THE -- HOW WE WILL
PROCEED.
I HAVEN'T SAID WE WILL NOT DO A
FIVE.
I WAS JUST BLUFFING A LITTLE BIT
TRYING TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME
MOTION HERE.
I WILL TELL YOU WHAT I WILL DO
BEFORE WE GO TO ROUND FOUR, I
WOULD LIKE TO OPEN UP THE FLOOR
JUST IN CASE ANY OF MY
COLLEAGUES WANTED TO MAKE ANY
COMMENTS BEFORE WE GO TO ROUND
FOUR.
COUNCIL MEMBER HERBOLD.
>> I JUST WANT TO SPEAK TO MY
SUPPORT FOR BROOK BROAD.
I DO BELIEVE THAT -- LAND USE
EXPERIENCES IS IMPORTANT FOR
THIS POSITION.
I AM ALSO BALANCING IT WITH
OTHER ATTRIBUTES THAT I THINK
MISS BROAD HAS.
THOSE AT TRIBUTES BEING HER
COMMIT -- AND I ALSO
WANT TO SPEAK TO THE FACT THAT I
WAS VERY IMPRESSED THAT MISS
BROAD SPOKE TO SOME OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE
NAVIGATION TEAM AUDIT.
THIS IS A PIECE OF WORK THAT IS
REALLY IMPORTANT AND I -- TRULY
APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT MISS
BROAD HAS PAID SOME ATTENTION TO
THE IMPLEMENTATION THAT WE
CAN -- RESULT IN HAVING BETTER
OUTCOMES FOR OUR NEIGHBORS WHO
ARE LIVING UNSHELTERED OUTSIDE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I WOULD JUST ALSO -- I ALSO WANT
TO MAKE SOME ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
ABOUT MISS BROAD.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS IS
THAT -- I ALSO APPRECIATE ABOUT
HER SKILL SET IS HER
UNDERSTANDING ABOUT HOW CITY
POLICY IS -- DIRECTLY IMPACTED
BY WHAT HAPPENS AT THE STATE
LEDGES LEGISLATOR AND HAS HAD
SOME EXPERIENCE DOING SOME LOBBY
WORK THERE.
I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST
NOTABLE LEDGES LATIVE LEDGES
LATIVE SERB
LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS IN MY MIND.
I THINK WE COULD BENEFIT FROM AN
ADDITIONAL PERSON ON THE CITY
COUNCIL WITH SOME OF THOSE
RELATIONSHIPS AND JUST REALLY
THE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WE ARE
HAMPERED IN SOME WAYS AT THE
CITY LEVEL BY LAWS THAT EXIST AT
THE STATE LEVEL IS REALLY
IMPORTANT.
I ALSO REALLY APPRECIATED HER
INTENTIONAL REMARKS AROUND
COLLABORATION AND -- THE
IMPORTANCE AROUND MAKING SURE
THAT COLLABORATION IS -- FRONT
AND CENTER IN TERMS OF HER STYLE
OF INTERACTING WITH OTHER
MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND
WITH MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
I DO THINK THAT IN AN ERA WHERE
CIVIC DISCOURSE HAS GOTTEN AWAY
FROM US ITS IMPORTANT TO HAVE
COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WILL BE
WILLING TO LISTEN AND LEARN.
AND THAT IN -- INSTEAD OF
MAKING MORAL JUDGMENTS AND --
AND ESCALATING THAT SOMETIMES IT
IS BETTER TO -- LISTEN, LEARN
AND STILL HAVE YOUR POSITION BUT
LISTENING AND LEARNING IS AN
IMPORTANT VALUE AS A COUNCIL
MEMBER.
THE LAST THING I RECALL HER
SAYING IN ADDITION TO COUNCIL
MEMBER HERBOLD JUST REMINDED US
ABOUT IS HER FUNDAMENTAL
UNDERSTANDING ITS ONE THING TO
PASS LAWS AND ITS ANOTHER THING
TO THINK ABOUT PASSING LAWS
THROUGH THE LINES OF
IMPLEMENTATION.
HOW WILL IT WORK, WILL IT WORK
AND HOW IT IS WORKING?
THAT IS IMPORTANT THINGS WE WILL
BE STRUGGLING WITH OVER THE NEXT
SEVEN MONTHS AS UNDERGO ANOTHER
BUDGE EAST PROCESS.
THAT IS MY ADDITIONAL STATEMENT
ON BEHALF OF MISS BROAD.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER
GONZALEZ.
BEFORE WE HEAR FROM SOME MORE
COMMENTS AND I THINK I SAW A
HAND IN CUE, MADAM CLERK WILL
YOU BE KIND TO READ THE VOTE TAB
FOR ROUND NUMBER THREE?
THE LAST ROUND.
>> BROOK BROAD, THREE VOTES,
DAVID GOLD GOLDBURG, TWO VOTES,
SHERRY, ONE VOTE, ABEL, TWO
VOTES.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OKAY, IDENTIFY ASKED THE CLERK
TO PREPARE VOTING TABS FOR
ROUNDS FIVE AND SIX.
JUST IN CASE -- COUNCIL MEMBER
O' BRIEN WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A
FEW WORDS?
>> I WOULD.
THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS THAT
OTHERS HAVE MADE FOR -- BROOK
BROAD.
I THINK -- I DO THINK SHE IS --
HIGHLY QUALIFIED.
I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK A LITTLE
BIT FOR DAVID GOLDBURG AND SOME
OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE HEARD ON
úWEDNESDAY.
STARTING WITH THE -- DAVID'S
BACKGROUND ABOUT HOW HE GOT INTO
THIS WORK AND THE PATH HE'S BEEN
ON.
AND THE COMMITMENT TO MAKING
SURE WE HAVE -- SYSTEM BOTH LAND
USE AND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
THAT WORKS FOR EVERYBODY.
I ALSO THINK THAT I -- I FEEL
VERY STRONGLY THAT -- DAVID'S
VALUES WHEN IT COMES TO -- ARE
CONSISTENT WITH SOME OF THE
POSITIONS THIS COUNCIL HAS TAKEN
IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.
I ALSO SIM LAYERLY APPRECIATED
SOME OF HIS COMMENTS ABOUT --
HOW WE GET TO THAT IS NOT
JUST -- END THE GAME IS ALSO
ABOUT THE PROCESS AND A TONE --
I BELIEVE HE LIVES IN A
NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THE MH S
ZONING WAS VERY CONTENTIOUS AND
TALKING ABOUT HOW CALLING EACH
OTHER NAMES IS NOT A PRODUCTIVE
WAY AND WE HAVE TO BE MAKING
THESE CHANGES BECAUSE ITS
NECESSARY FOR -- FOR EQUALITY,
CLIMATE CHANGE BUT WE ALSO HAVE
TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT BRINGS
ALONG OUR NEIGHBORS MANY A WAY
THAT -- MAKES PEOPLE -- FEEL
HEARD.
I REALLY THAT THAT TONE AND
TENURE HE WOULD BRING TO THIS
COUNCIL WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH
THE DIRECTION BUT ALSO BE VERY
HELPFUL.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER O'
BRIEN.
COUNCIL MEMBER MOSQUEDA.
>> UM, THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT
AND THANKS FOR GETTING SOME
ADDITIONAL SHEETS PRINTED UP AS
WELL.
I THINK IF WE COULD VOTE FOR
EACH ONE OF THESE CANDIDATES WE
WOULD.
TOY WANT TO COMMENT THANK YOU TO
EVERYONE OF THE CANDIDATES WHO
REACHED OUT THE OUR OFFICE.
I DID HAVE THE CHANCE TO MEET
WITH BROOK AND I APPRECIATE YOUR
HONEST ANSWERS AROUND SUPPORTING
LABOR UNIONS AND SUPPORTING
PUBLIC EDUCATION AND TEACHERS.
WE JUST TOOK A VOTE ON THE --
SEATTLE EDUCATION LEVY.
THERE WILL BE A LOT OF ISSUES
THAT YOU HAVE A DEEP KNOWLEDGE
OF UNDERSTANDING OF IN TELLS OF
EDUCATION BACKGROUND WE ARE
REALLY EXCITED ABOUT AND YOUR
SUPPORT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
SO, THANK YOU.
AND I THINK THAT ONE OF THE
REASONS THAT I CONTINUE TO -- I
WANT TO UNDER SCORE THAT IS
BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF VALUE
IN ALL OF THE WORK THAT THE
CANDIDATES HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD.
I UNDERSTAND WHERE OUR
COLLEAGUES ARE AT IN PUTTING ALL
THOSE NAMES FORWARD BUT THE
GROWING NUMBER OF VOTES FOR YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR
EXPLANATION ON SOME OF YOUR
POSITIONS EARLIER.
I THINK IN THIS POSITION WE ARE
AT RIGHT NOW I WILL CONTINUE TO
ENCOURAGE OUR COLLEAGUES TO
SUPPORT ABEL.
I ALSO THINK AS WE THINK ABOUT
WHO IS MOST IMPACTED BY --
HOUSING DISCRIMINATION AND
WORKPLACE -- HOUSING
DISCRIMINATION SPECIFICALLY ITS
IMMIGRANTS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR
AS WE THINK ABOUT -- THE LACK OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN SEATTLE WE
SEE HIGH RATES OF BOTH HOUSING
DISCRIMINATION AND HOUSING
DISPLACEMENT.
HAVING BROUGHT FORWARD I THINK
TO THE PREVIOUS COUNCILS THAT
ABEL HAS SIT ON, THERE IS A REAL
VALUE IF BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT
VOICE BROUGHT FORWARD.
I HEAR WHAT MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE
IS SAYING IN TERMS OF IT DOESN'T
NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE THAT ONE
FOR ONE REPLACEMENT OF ONE
FORMER
COLLEAGUE.
VERY, VERY MUCH STILL IN THE
CAMP OF WANTING TO SEE OUR
FRIEND ABEL BRING FORWARD HIS
PERSPECTIVE FROM THOSE PREVIOUS
COUNCILS AND THAT DOESN'T TAKE
AWAY FROM ANY OF THE EXPERIENCE
OF ANY OF THE OTHER NOMINEES.
IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE THAT
VOICE REPRESENTED.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ.
>> THANK YOU.
AGAIN I WANT TO STRESS MY
SUPPORT FOR ABEL.
BEFORE I ACTUALLY KIND OF GET A
LITTLE WONKY, I WANT TO JUST --
I WANT TO FRAME THIS IN THE
HEARTS AND MINDS OF PEOPLE WHO
ARE WATCHING WHILE I DO THINK
ITS IMPORTANT THAT A SKILL SET
SUCH AS MR. GOLDBURG AND BROOK
ARE PHENOMENAL, AND I'M SORRY
BROOK, I SHOULD HAVE SAID YOUR
LAST NAME TOO, BROOK BROAD, VERY
IMPRESSIVE.
BROOK, I APPRECIATED YOU CAME
DOWN DURING PUBLIC COMMENT AND
GAVE GREAT PUBLIC COMMENT
REGARDING MHA.
THAT INFORMS INFORMED ME A LOT
ABOUT WHO
YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU HAVE DONE.
HI THE OPPORTUNITY AS SOME OF US
UP HERE BACK IN 2015 TO WATCH
ABEL ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL FOR
TEN MONTHS.
SO I DON'T JUST KNOW HIS STUMP
SPEECH, I KNOW WHAT HE STANDS
FOR AND WHAT HE WANTS TO DO FOR
DISTRICT 4 AND FOR THE CITY OF
SEATTLE.
I APPRECIATE THE YOUTH.
I ALSO APPRECIATE THAT WHEN YOU
COME FROM AN ADVERSE BACKGROUND
AND YOU HAVE DEALT WITH
ADVERSITY THAT IT BUILDS
CHARACTER.
THOSE KIND OF EXPERIENCES
TOUCHING ON WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER
SAWANT SAID, REALLY FRAME AND
MOLD HOW YOU APPROACH SITUATIONS
WITH COURAGE.
YES, I SAID INCORRECTLY SEVEN
MONTHS DOCTOR OR SINCE MONTHS.
ITS A SEVEN MONTH GIG.
ONE OF THE THINGS I ALWAYS FELT
MY DISCUSSIONS WITH OTHER PEOPLE
IS THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON HAS THE LARGEST
ECONOMIC OBVIOUSLY AND ACADEMIC
FOOTPRINT IN DISTRICT 4.
I HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH ABEL
ABOUT UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
AND NOT ONLY WHO THEY ARE AND
WHAT THEY DO HERE IN THE CITY OF
SEATTLE BUT STATEWIDE AND
CERTAINLY IN OLYMPIA.
ABEL ALSO HAS THE EXPERIENCE OF
WORKING SUCCESSFULLY IN OLYMPIA.
AS A RESULT THE MESA
PROGRAM WAS ABLE TO GROW FROM 12
TO 18 CENTERS.
THIS MAY NOT SEEM A LOT BUT FOR
PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
MOUNTAINS, PARTICULARLY IN
INDIAN COUNTRY, THE NATION FOR
THE FIRST TIME THEY RECEIVED
ADDITIONAL $150,000 FOR FIRST
NATIONS.
AND -- THAT WAS NO SMALL FEAT.
I WATCHED HOW ABEL BROUGHT
PEOPLE TOGETHER.
NOT JUST MYSELF BUT OTHER STATE
LEGISLATORS AND LEADERS AND
LEADERS IN THE INDIAN COUNTRY
WHICH IS NOT THE EASIEST THING
TO DO.
I WANT TO ADD ONE LAST COMMENT.
HE HAS NOT ONLY
PRACTICED BUT HAS TAUGHT
INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL
SCIENCE AND LEADERSHIP AND
MANAGEMENT IN THOSE SKILLS AND
DOES HOLD HIS MP A FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
AGAIN I WANT TO GO BACK TO
SOMETHING COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT
SAID.
NOBODY COMES INTO THIS JOB WITH
A -- PERFECT SUBJECT MATTER
EXPERTISE SKILL SET.
IF THEY DID, I AM THINKING OF
THE 13 THINGS WE LISTED WHEN WE
WERE LOOKING FOR PARTICULAR
CANDIDATES.
WE WOULD AT LEAST HAVE MORE THAN
ONE SAYING YOU NEED SOME
EXPERIENCE.
YOU HAVE EIGHT OTHER COLLEAGUES
CENTRAL STAFF, LEGAL COUNCIL AND
EVERYTHING HERE TO GIVE YOU THE
TOOLS YOU NEED AND WHEN WE HAD
OUR LAST -- COUNCIL MEMBER WHO
CAME ON BOARD, PEOPLE THOUGHT
THEY COULDN'T GET ON THE JOB
QUICK ENOUGH AND HANDLE A $5.9
MILLION BUDGET AND SHE DID.
WITH THAT, I WILL CONTINUE TO
SUPPORT ABEL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
COUNCIL MEMBER SAWANT.
>> THANK YOU PRESIDENT HARRELL.
I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT -- AT
LEAST -- OBVIOUSLY I THINK MANY
OF THE CANDIDATES I DON'T KNOW
IF THIS IS TRUE FOR ALL
CANDIDATES BUT MANY OF THE
CANDIDATES HAVE HAD PEOPLE WRITE
TO THE COUNCIL IN SUPPORT OF
THEIR NOMINATION.
I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH --
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT AS
FAR AS MY STAFF HAS INFORMED ME
43 PEOPLE HAVE WRITTEN TO THE
COUNCIL STRONGLY SUPPORTING
SHERRY NOMINATION AND
APPOINTMENT TO THIS NOMINATION.
I HAVE LOOKED THROUGH MANY OF
THE -- NAMES THAT I'M SEEING IN
THE -- IN THE -- IN THE E-MAILS
THAT HAVE COME.
I HAVE THE WHOLE STACK HERE WITH
ME.
WHAT I'M SEEING IS FIRST OF ALL,
I SEE MANY FAMILIAR NAMES.
NAMES OF PEOPLE WHO THEMSELVES
ARE ACTIVISTS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT
AND HAVE BEEN ON THE --
FOREFRONT OF NOT ONLY THE FIGHT
FOR THE AMAZON TAX AND RENTERS
RIGHTS BUT ALSO THESE ARE PEOPLE
I SEE WHEN I'M OUT THERE
MARCHING FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS
AND THE RIGHTS OF COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR IN THE BLM MARCHES.
THESE ARE NOT -- I MEAN THE
PEOPLE WHO HAVE WRITTEN IN THIS
STACK ARE NOT MEMBERS OF
SOCIALIST ALTERNATIVE, MY
ORGANIZATION.
NOT A SINGLE ONE ON THEM IS A
SELF -- ABOUT SOCIALIST.
THEY ARE GENUINE PEOPLE WHO --
MAY DISAGREE ON VARIOUS THINGS
BUT THEY ARE GENUINELY FIGHTING
FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND THEY
WRITTEN REALLY GOOD TESTIMONIES
AS TO WHY THEY SUPPORT HER
NOMINATION AND APPOINTMENT TO
THIS POSITION.
MANY OF THEM ARE D-4 RESIDENTS.
I REALLY DON'T AGREE WITH THIS
CHARACTERIZATION THAT SOMEHOW
THIS CANDIDATE DOES NOT HAVE
THAT KIND OF EXPERIENCE.
I STANDBY MY POSITION, IT IS
REALLY ABOUT POLITICAL COURAGE.
ORDINARY PEOPLE KNOW THIS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO CONVINCE THEM
OF THIS BECAUSE THEY KNOW IN AND
SEE THE LACK OF POLITICAL
COURAGE IN EVERY REALM OF
POLITICS AROUND THEM.
AND -- I ALSO SHOULD MENTION AND
THIS IS VERY RELEVANT.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE
WHO HAVE WRITTEN IN FAVOR OF
SHERRY HAVE WRITTEN ON THE BASIS
OF HAVING WATCHED THEIR -- HER
TESTIMONY AT THE COMMUNITY FORUM
AND AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
I THINK THAT'S SUPPORT MEANING
THEY HAVE WATCHED THEIR
RESPONSES AND ARE SAYING THESE
THERE THE KINDS OF THINGS WE
AGREE WITH AND THAT IS WHY I
WANT -- THIS IS NOT HER PERSONAL
FRIEND SAYING I WOULD LIKE HER
ON THE COUNCIL BECAUSE SHE IS MY
PERM FRIEND BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE
IMPRESSED WITH THE KIND OF
COMMITMENT THAT SHE HAS MADE.
THE CO-CHAIR OF THE DISABILITY
COMMISSION IS ONE OF THE PEOPLE
WHO HAS WRITTEN.
JORDAN WHOSE RESPONSES ALSO
IMPRESSED ME IN HIS COMMITMENT
OR AT LEAST HIS PROFESSED
COMMITMENT TO MANY OF THE ISSUES
I CARE ABOUT.
WHICH IS QUITE A SIGNIFICANT
THING.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE WRITTEN
IN HAVE SAID THAT -- WHAT THEY
HAVE SAID IS -- SHERRY IS
PERFECTLY CAPABLE OF
COLLABORATING.
IT IS JUST THE RIGHT KIND OF LAB
RATION.
IT IS UNITY WITH ORDINARY PEOPLE
PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO GET
BY.
PEOPLE WHO ARE EXTREMELY
VULNERABLE AND REALLY BUILDING
REAL CONFIDENCE AMONG THEM.
I BELIEVE ALSO IN THAT KIND OF
COLLABORATION, COLLABORATION
ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT.
UNITIES ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT.
IT HAS TO BE ON A PRINCIPAL
BASIS.
SO THERE ARE MANY OF THESE
EXAMPLES IN THE LETTERS THAT
HAVE COME IN SUPPORT OF SHERRY'S
APPOINTMENT.
THANK YOU FROM THANK YOU COUNCIL
MEMBER SAWANT.
OKAY, SO WE ARE GOING TO PROCEED
WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF VOTING.
IF WE ARE READY, I THINK WE
SHOULD BE AT THIS POINT.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE.
>> O' BRIEN.
>> DAVID GOLD BURG.
>> SAWANT.
>> SHERRY.
>> BAGSHAW.
>> ABEL.
>> GONZALEZ.
>> BROOK BROAD.
>> HERBOLD.
>> ABEL.
>> JUAREZ.
>> ABEL.
>> MOSQUEDA.
>> ABEL.
>> HARRELL.
>> ABEL.
>> THAT'S FIVE VOTES FOR ABEL.
ONE VOTE FOR SHERRY, ONE VOTE TO
DAVID GOLDBURG AND ONE VOTE FOR
BROOK BROAD.
>> THE TALLY HAS BEEN READ.
MR. ABEL HAS BEEN ELECTED AND
APPOINTED TO FILL THE CITY
COUNCIL POSITION 4.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE HIM TO THE
PODIUM AND THE CITY COUNCIL HAS
ELECTED YOU UNTIL THE NOVEMBER
5TH 2019 GEPD ELECTIONS ARE
CERTIFIED.
[ APPLAUSE ]
THE SCRIPT REQUIRES SKI YOU A
QUESTION AND THAT QUESTION IS DO
YOU ACCEPT THE POSITION SIR?
>> YES.
>> CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING
APPOINT TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
WILL YOU MAKE SURE THE
MICROPHONE IS ON?
THERE YOU GO.
AT HAD TIME I WILL ASK OUR CLERK
MONICA MARTINEZ TO ADMINISTER
THE OATH OF OFFICE AND -- IF I
MADE A MISTAKE ON THAT MADAM
CLERK I HAVE TWO MORE TO GO.
I'M FINE ON THAT ONE.
ARE WE TO READ THE -- THE OATH
OF OFFICE NOW, CORRECT?
>> YES.
>> OKAY, LETS PROCEED.
>> FIRST OF ALL ITS MY
HONOR TO ADMINISTER YOUR
OFFICIAL OATH OF OFFICE.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND
REPEAT AFTER ME.
I ABEL.
>> I ABEL.
>> ENTER --
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>> THAT I POSSESS ALL THE
QUALIFY CASES.
>> PRESCRIBED IN THE SEATTLE
CITY CHARTER.
>> PRESCRIBED IN THE SEATTLE
CITY CHARER
>> THE CITY ME MUNICIPAL CODE
FOR THE POSITION OF CITY COUNCIL
MEMBER.
>> CITY COUNCIL MEMBER
>> FOR THE CITY OF SEAT SFLL FOR
THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
>> THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
STATES.
>> THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
STATES.
>> THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE
OF WASHINGTON.
>> THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE
OF WASHINGTON.
>> AND THE CHARTER --
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>> AND THE CHARTER --
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
>> OF THE IT OF SEATTLE.
>> OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
>> AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY
CONDUCT MYSELF.
>> AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY
CONDUCT MYSELF.
>> AS SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
MEMBER.
>> AS SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL
MEMBER.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> WILL YOU PLEASE ADDRESS THE
COUNCIL AND SHARE WITH
CONGRATULATIONS FIRST SIR AND
PLEASE SHARE WITH US SOME WORDS
OF WISDOM AND REALIZE THAT I DID
HAVE PRINTED OUT ROUNDS FIVE,
SIX AND SEVEN FOR VOTES.
I THEY SCARED HIM TO GET OFF --
THE FLOOR IS YOURS SIR.
>> FIRST THANK YOU COUNCIL AND
THANK EVERYBODY THAT WENT WITH
ME THROUGH THE PROCESS.
AS YOU ALL -- I HAVE GOTTEN
TO KNOW ALL OF YOU.
BOY, OVER THE LAST YEARS BUT --
THERE IS ONE PERSON THAT -- TWO
PEOPLE I WANT TO THANK THAT
AREN'T WITH ME RIGHT NOW.
THOSE ARE MY PARENTS.
UM --
>> TAKE YOUR TIME, SIR.
>> UH -- ITS BEEN BOTH
THEIR LOVE THAT'S INSPIRED
EVERYTHING THAT I'VE DONE.
UM -- MY DAD WHO RAISED ME AS
HIS SON AND I RECOGNIZE HOW
FORTUNATE I'VE BEEN THROUGHOUT
MY ENTIRE LIFE BECAUSE OF THAT
AND MY MOM.
YOU ALL HAVE HAD THE CHANCE TO
MEET HER, YOU SEEN HER ONCE
AND -- UM -- I KNOW SHE'S -- SHE
COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY BUT I
KNOW SHE'S WATCHING.
AND SO -- I JUST WANT TO SAY --
NINE YEARS AGO I KISSED HER
ON HER FOREHEAD AND TOLD HER I'D
MAKE HER PROUD.
LEAVING HER WAS THE HARDEST
THING I'VE EVER DONE.
BUT I ALSO RECOGNIZE WHY --
ANYONE OF US WOULD EVER SEEK A
POSITION LIKE THIS.
AND -- ITS HER I THINK ABOUT NOW
AND ALWAYS.
I JUST SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY -- AND -- JUST LIKE
I TOLD HER, I HOPE TO MAKE ALL
OF YOU PROUD JUST AS WELL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SIR AND
CONGRATULATIONS AND I THANK ALL
OF THE OTHER CANDIDATES.
THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
THAT IS -- IS THERE ANY FURTHER
BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE
COUNCIL?
IF NOT WE STAND ADJOURNED AND
EVERYONE HAVE A GREAT REST OF
THE DAY.