GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE IN
CITY HALL FOR DECEMBER 2, 2019
CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF THE
FULL CITY COUNCIL.
THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAWANT,
COUNCILMEMBER BAGSHAW ,
COUNCILMEMBER GONZALEZ ,
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD ,
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ , COUNCIL
PRESIDENT HARRELL , . THE
PROPOSED INTRODUCTION, WE
ADOPTED BUT I WANT TO MAKE AN
AMENDMENT AND THAT WILL REFLECT
THE COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ IS
HERE.
I BELIEVE THAT IS HER.
OKAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THE
INTRODUCTION REFERRAL CALENDAR
ITEMS NUMBER 5 AND 21.
ITEM NUMBER 5 COUNCIL BUILT
119716 COMMITTEE REFERRAL FROM
THE CITY COUNCIL THE AMENDMENT
IS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL TO THE
FINANCE AND NEIGHBORHOODS
COMMITTEE.
I WILL EXPLAIN IN A MINUTE.
AND ITEM 21 WHICH IS 119722
COMMITTEE REFERRAL FROM THE
FINANCE NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE
TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
WE HAVE SORT OF SWAPPED THEM.
THESE CHANGED BASED ON STAFF'S
RECOMMENDATION.
THESE ARE PRETTY MUCH BUDGET
RELATED, NOT SUBSTANTIVE IN
NATURE.
SUCH AS STAFF RECOMMENDED WE
SWAP THOSE AS I DESCRIBED IT.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION WE
WILL MAKE THOSE CHANGES TO THE
CALENDAR.
SEEING NO OBJECTION THE PROPOSED
CALENDAR IS AMENDED AND IT WILL
BE ADOPTED IF THERE IS NO
OBJECTIONS.
THERE IS NO OBJECTIONS.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTIONS
TODAY'S AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
SEEING NO AGENDAS OBJECTIONS
TODAY'S AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
REASON PATIENTS.
WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE
OUR POET JOINING US THIS
AFTERNOON.
WE ARE, AS I THINK EVERYONE
KNOWS, YOU SAW THE 150 YOUR
BALLOON DOWNSTAIRS, IT MARKS
THE CITY OF SEATTLE'S 150th
YEAR OF INCORPORATION.
INTO SALUTING THIS WE HAVE HER
TO READ HER POEM.
ANY MICROPHONE IS THERE, IF THE
LIGHT IS ON.
>> THANK YOU.
I AM DELIGHTED, HONORED, TO BE
HERE.
MY POEM TAKES UP A LOT OF
BREATH SO I WILL SAVE IT FOR
THAT.
BUT I REALLY THINK YOU FOR THE
WORK YOU ARE DOING AND FOR
MAKING ART AN IMPORTANT PART OF
THAT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> LET SEATTLE BE.
SEATTLE, THE PLACE THAT WAS AND
IS AND WILL BE.
SEATTLE HAS BECOME A HOME FOR
ME.
AMONG THE SHACKLED AND THE FREE.
THE PLACE WHERE TREES ONCE STOOD
BEFORE THERE WAS A
NEIGHBORHOOD.
SEATTLE WAS THE CEDARS MAJESTY
BEFORE THE GLASS PINES SCRAPED
THE SKY.
BEFORE THE HILLS WERE PUSHED
INTO THE SAND.
THIS WAS AND IS AND WILL BE
DUWAMISH LAND.
LET SEATTLE BE SEATTLE.
A CHIEF'S NAME ON FOREIGN
TONGUES, SEATTLE RECOGNIZED AND
SUNG BY DOLPHINS WE CALL KILLER
WHALES BEFORE THEY TO ARE GONE.
A SANCTUARY CITY INNATE FIELD
AND ESTUARY. LET SEATTLE BE HOPE
IN THIS HOPE BROKEN LAND.
A SHELTER AND A REFUGE A FIST
TO STOP A TYRANTS HAND.
SEATTLE YOUR TECTONIC FAULTS
ARE GREAT. SEE THE LAST ONE
LEAVING, TURN OUT THE LIGHTS.
SEE THE HOME OF OR IN THE
FLIGHT.
SEE THE GOLD RUSH IN THE
SOURDOUGH, SEE THE PANAMA
HOTEL.
7000 GONE. SEE HOW HOOVER
RETURNS AGAIN AND AGAIN.
SEE OLD COVENANTS OF OUTSIDE
THE INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT AND
CD, SEE WERE NO ASIANS AND
AFRICANS COULD BE.
HOW MORE THAN OTHERS WE STILL
LIVE WITHOUT THE TREES. OH
GREAT BLANKET ON THE STREETS
AND IN THE SKY, SEE THE TENTS,
THE SWEEPS, AND TOTEM POLES.
SEATTLE, REMEMBER TOO THE
CHANGE YOU ARE AND WANT TO BE.
LISTEN TO THE GANG OF FOUR,
UNDERSTAND THEIR UNITY.
LISTEN TO THE GANG OF FOUR
NOTICE WHAT REMAINS.
IN THE SOIL OF OURSELVES PUSHED
INTO THE SAND, THAT RISES FROM
THE GREENS IT'S IN THE PEOPLE'S
HANDS.
SEE BOB SANTOS IN INTERNATIONAL
DISTRICT, SEE BERNIE WHITE BEAR
OCCUPY THE DAYBREAK STAR.
SEE LARRY GOSSETT CAMP TO FEED
THE PEOPLE.
NO MATTER WHAT THE NAME.
SEAT ROBERTO RISING STILL AGAIN.
SAY, WHO ARE YOU?
IN THE SAILORS SEE.
PUSHED ASIDE FOR PROSPERITY.
I AM THE BLACK RIVER GONE AS
THE PEOPLE CRIED.
I AM THE CHINOOK DEAD ON THE
SIDE.
I AM THE ORCA CARRYING MY CHILD
. I AM THE GRAY WHALE BEACHED
AND ALKI.
I AM YOUR NEIGHBOR WITHOUT
SHELTER IN THE SAND.
OH, BUT SEATTLE IS MIGHT EVEN
WITH ITS BROKEN DREAMS.
OH SEATTLE IS MIGHTY, AND IT
LOOKS IN ITS OWN EYES.
WHAT CITY DO YOU KNOW THAT
FIGHTS ITSELF TO UNDO ITS
PRESENT HARMS? WHAT CITY DO YOU
KNOW THAT SOUNDS ITS OWN ALARMS?
WHAT CITY DO YOU KNOW THAT WAS
RAISED BY COLONIZERS THAT TURNS
ITSELF UPON ITSELF TO PUT OUT
FIRES?
THIS PLACE OF WOODED PATHS AND
PARKS THE MUST BELONG TO ALL.
THIS PLACE THE WATER FROM
PROTECTED CEDAR FALLS, THIS
PLACE WHERE SOCIAL JUSTICE IS
BUILT INTO THE LAW.
THIS PLACE WHERE YOU ARE TAUGHT
TO UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF IT
ALL.
THE POWER OF ILLUSION, BUT
THERE ARE RACIAL LINES.
THE POWER OF ILLUSION, THE HAS
KEPT IT ALL BEHIND.
WITH THE STRENGTH OF OUR
ETHNICITY IS CELEBRATED HERE.
SO, SING, THAT'S RIGHT SEATTLE,
OVER THE HEARTLESS SONG.
SING THE ESTUARY WERE FIRST
WATER MEETS SEE, OR ORCA'S MUST
SURVIVE FOR HEALTH AND DIGNITY.
SING MY POSSE IS ON BROADWAY.
SING JAZZ ON JACKSON STREET IN
WIRES.
SEEING JIMI HENDRIX WHAT STAR
IN HIS SPANGLED BANNER, SING
THE BTL BLACK PANTHERS AND THE
WOMEN'S MARCH, SING AND
ENDANGERED SONG, SING A WHALES
SONG, SING, SING QUINCY JONES,
SING ERNESTINE ANDERSON, SING
GRUNGE AND HIP-HOP, SPEAK
ABLETS FROM THE SKY.
SPEAK OCTAVIA BUTLER AND HER
BROOD IN A FUTURISTIC MOOD
GABRIEL, SPEAK WILSON, PLAY OUT
ALL THE CYCLES, SPEAK COLLEEN
McELROY WITH MADAGASCAR HITS.
DANCE.
COLOR INTO THE DARK CANVAS OF
WINTER.
DANCE JULIE AND TWO STEPS, AND
DEBRA MOORE DANCE BARBARA EARL
AND SYLVIA FORD.
FEAST ON FORESTS OF FOOD FROM
BEACON HILL.
BECOMING AMAZON FOR EQUITY.
THE SWEET STEAMY FOAM OF
JUSTICE IN OUR MOUTHS.
COME, ALL, STAND, IN THE
CROSSROADS OF THE RED, BLACK
AND GREEN.
STAND IN THE RAINBOW OF WHAT
HAS BEEN.
CELEBRATE THIS EMERALD CITY AND
ITS GREEN NEW DEAL, MAKE A WAY
FOR THE POOR AND THE
IMPOVERISHED TO HEAL.
SING WHAT IS RIGHT SEATTLE.
LET SEATTLE BE SEATTLE.
THE PLACE THAT WAS AND IS AND
WILL BE. SEATTLE HAS BECOME A
HOME FOR ME.
AMONG THE SHACKLED AND THE FREE.
AMIDST THE RESISTANCE THERE
MUST BE, AS THE HILLS WERE
PUSHED INTO THE SAND, SEATTLE
WILL BRING, MUST BRING, JUSTICE
TO OUR LAND.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
WELL DONE.
>>[APPLAUSE]
>> FOR THE VIEWING AUDIENCE,
SHE HAS PERFORMED HUNDREDS AND
HUNDREDS OF PERFORMANCES
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD ALL THE
WAY FROM THE EAST COAST TO THE
WEST COAST AND TO THE CONTINENT
OF AFRICA ALL OVER THE WORLD.
WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE YOU HERE
ENSURE YOUR WORK WITH US.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OKAY, LET'S SEE NOW.
I LOST MY SPACE.
I WAS ALL SCRIPT.
AT THIS TIME IT WILL TAKE
PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS THAT
APPEAR ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
REFERRAL CALENDAR IN 2019 WORK
PROGRAM.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HAS
SIGNED A. WE DO NOT HAVE PUBLIC
COMMENT I BELIEVE.
WITH THAT WE WILL MOVE TO THE
PAYMENT OF THE BILLS PART OF
THE AGENDA.
PLEASE READ THE TITLE.
>> COUNCIL BILL 119708.
AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING
MONEY TO PAY CERTAIN AUDITED
CLAIMS FOR THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER
18, 2019 THROUGH NOVEMBER 22,
2019 AND ORDERING THE PAYMENT
THEREOF.
>> I MOVED TO PASS THE BILL
119708.
ANY COMMENTS?
PIECE PLEASE CALL THE WORLD
ROLE.
>> [ ROLL CALL ] SEVEN IN
FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.
PLEASE READ THE FIRST ACTION
ITEM.
ONE AND TWO.
SUSTAINABILITY AND
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
1460 AND 1461.ALEXANDER LEW AND
EMILY PAINE SEATTLE BICYCLE
ADVISORY BOARD.
THE FIRST THREE PAIRS ARE
REAPPOINTMENTS.
THIS IS FOR THE SEATTLE BICYCLE
ADVISORY BOARD.
ALEXANDER HAS SOME
TRANSPORTATION EXPERTISE AND
TRANSIT PERFORMANCE ANALYTICS.
REAL-TIME PASSENGER AND
PASSENGER FACING ALERTS.
AND EMILY IS A BUS DRIVER AND
TRANSIT AND BIKE ADVOCATE, BOTH
BRING EXCELLENT EXPERTISE TO
THE BIKE ADVISORY BOARD.
I AM EXCITED THEY ARE WILLING
TO SERVE ANOTHER TERM.
>> THESE ARE THE FIRST TWO
APPOINTMENTS.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
THOSE IN FAVOR CONFIRMING THE
APPOINTMENT PLEASE VOTE AYE.
MOTION CARRIES AND THOSE TWO
APPOINTMENTS ARE CONFIRMED.
>> AGENDA ITEMS NUMBER 3 AND
FOUR.
1362 AND 1463.
REAPPOINTMENTS OF RACHEL BEN-
SHMUEL AND LISA BOGARDUS TO
LEVY TO MOVE SEATTLE OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE FOR A TERM FROM
DECEMBER 31 2023.
>> RACHEL HAS BEEN ON THE LEVY
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE SINCE
VOTERS PASSED THE LEVY IN 2016.
SHE HAS 35 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN
THE PRIVATE SECTOR,
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.
HAS BEEN AN OUTSTANDING MEMBER.
LISA IS THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
OF THE SEATTLE BUILDING AND
CONSTRUCTION TRADES LABOR
COUNCIL.
SOME OF HER MEMBERS TO WORK ON
THE SEATTLE LEVY AND HAS
EXPERTISE AS WELL.
BOTH CURRENT APPOINTMENTS AND
EVERY APPOINTMENT, GRATEFUL FOR
THE INTEREST IN SERVING FOR
ANOTHER TERM.
>> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
IF NOT THOSE IN FAVOR OF
CONFIRMING THE TWO APPOINTMENTS
PLEASE VOTE AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO.
THE MOTION CARRIES AN
APPOINTMENT ARE CONFIRMED.
>> PLEASE READ FIVE AND SIX.
>> APPOINTMENTS 1464 AND 1465
REAPPOINTMENTS OF JENNIFER
MALLEY AND MICHELLE ZEIDMAN OF
MEMBERS OF SEATTLE TRANSIT
ADVISORY BOARD FOR A TERM TO
AUGUST 2, 2021.
>> JAN IS A TRANSPORTATION
POLICY PLANNING SUPERVISOR AT
SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
SHEEP BRINGS A LOT OF EXPERTISE
AND IS A GRADUATE OF THE EVANS
SCHOOL.
CARES A LOT ABOUT MOBILITY
ISSUES.
MICHELLE HAS ABOUT A DECADE OF
EXPERTISE IN PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION AND URBAN
PLANNING POLICY.
BOTH HAVE BEEN ON THE TRANSIT
ADVISORY BOARD AND ARE GOING TO
SERVE ANOTHER TERM.
>> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> THOSE IN FAVOR OF CONFIRMING
THE TWO APPOINTMENTS PLEASE
VOTE AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO.
MOTION CARRIES.
POINTS ARE CONFIRMED.
>> AGENDA ITEMS SEVEN AND
EIGHT.
1466 AND 1467.
APPOINTMENTS OF DYLAN JONES AND
BLAKE VOORHEES AS MEMBERS OF
URBAN FORESTRY COMMISSION FOR A
TERM TO MARCH 31 2020.
>> COUNCILMEMBER O'BRIEN?
>> THANK YOU.
THESE ARE THE TWO NEW
APPOINTMENTS.
IS FOLKS ARE PROBABLY AWARE
THERE IS A LOT OF ACTIVITY
GOING ON AROUND HOW WE MAINTAIN
GROWTH IN OUR CITY AND PROTECT
AND EXPAND THE FOREST THREE
CANOPY.
CRITICAL APPOINTMENTS.
A RESTORATION COURTIER FOR THE
CITY OF SAMMAMISH.
SHE HAS A BA AND BS IN ECOLOGY
AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
AND A CERTIFICATE IN WETLAND
SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
IN ADDITION TO IT A MASTER OF
AND ARE MENTAL OR CULTURAL FROM
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
LAKE IS A REAL ESTATE BROKER
WHERE HE SPECIALIZES IN
RESIDUAL SALES AND LITIGATION
AND PARALEGAL FOR 10 YEARS.
BRINGING THAT PROFESSIONAL
EXPERTISE AND UNDERSTANDING OF
THE CHALLENGES URBAN TREES FACE
AS CITIES CONTINUE TO GROW.
HIS PASSION IS FOR TREES AND
HAS EXPERIENCED THAT WITH
HOMEBUYERS AND BUILDERS.
'S LEGAL BACKGROUND WILL ALSO
BE AN ADDITION TO THE URBAN
FORESTRY COMMISSION.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER
O'BRIEN.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
THOSE IN FAVOR OF CONFIRMING
THE APPOINTMENT PLEASE VOTE
AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO.
MOTION CARRIES AND POINTS ARE
CONFIRMED.
THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR AGENDA.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS
TO COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL?
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD .
>> THANK YOU.
I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST AN
EXCUSED ABSENCE FOR DECEMBER
16.
>> IS THERE A SECOND?
SO MOVED THAT COUNCILMEMBER
HERBOLD BE EXCUSED AND
DECEMBER 16.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION
VOTE AYE.
THOSE OPPOSED VOTE NO.
MOTION CARRIES AND
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD IS
EXCUSED ON THE 16th.
ANY OTHER BUSINESS TO COME
BEFORE THE COUNCIL?
I WANT TO SAY IN CLOSING I WANT
TO WELCOME COUNCILMEMBER
PETERSON TO THE DAIS.
I CAN'T ALWAYS MISS YOU IT WILL
BE QUIET LIKE THIS.
BUT, ENJOY IT WHILE IT LASTS.
WITH THAT WE WILL STAND
ADJOURNED.
EVERYONE HAVE A GREAT REST OF
THE DAY.